"After the rainy season was over, he marched in Ramzãn AH 910 (AD February-March, 1505) for the conquest of the fort of Mundrãil. He stayed for a month near Dholpur and sent out armies with orders that they should lay waste the environs of Gwãlior and Mundrãil. Thereafter he himself laid siege to the fort of Mundrãil. Those inside the fort surrendered the fort to him after signing a treaty. The Sultãn got the temples demolished and mosques erected in their stead…"
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Tabqãt-i-Akharî by Nizamuddin Ahmad.
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