"In the year AH 599 (AD 1202), Kutbu-d dîn proceeded to the investment Kãlinjar, on which expedition he was accompanied by the Sãhib-Kirãn, Shamsu-d dîn Altamsh… The temples were converted into mosques and abodes of goodness, and the ejaculations of bead-counters and voices of summoners to prayer ascended to high heaven, and the very name of idolatry was annihilated…"
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Kalinjar (Uttar Pradesh) Sadru’d-Dîn Muhammad Hasan Nizãmî, Tãju’l-Ma’sîr Elliot and Dowson, Vol. II. pp. 224-31
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1175 – 1206
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