ABSTRACT
We set out to do ghaza and jihad against the quarters of infidelity in certain provinces of India. They had brought word to our glorious audience that once the late [ruler of India], Sultan Firuz, had answered the call of God and had gone from the abode of death to the eternal dwelling place, his own purchased slaves would not give the city of Delhi and other lands under the jurisdictions of Islam to his children. These usurpers had furthermore stretched out the hand of oppression and transgression, making pillage and rapine their habit, launching the vessels of audacity in the seas of lewdness, shutting the gates of traffic to merchants, perfecting highway robbery, and never neglecting to inflict any imaginable havoc. We crossed rivers whose currents were almost as rapid as the wind, and passed mountains whose altitude seemed as high as the sky. We traversed numerous deserts, destroying idol-houses and killing caffres, until we reached the environs of the city of Delhi.2
