Note 2 — Chapter I · EARLY MUSALMÁN GOVERNORS. a.d. 1297–1403.

Aṇahilaváḍa (north latitude 23° 48′; east longitude 72° 2′), Nehrwála or Pátan, on the south bank of the Sarasvatí river, sixty-five miles north-east of Ahmedábád, was from a.d. 746 to a.d. 1298 the capital of the Rájput dynasties of Gujarát. As a result of Muhammad Ghori’s defeat the Tárikh-i-Sorath (Burgess, 112–113) states that the Turkish Afghán and Mughal prisoners, according to the rule of the Kurăan (XXIV. 25) were distributed, the wicked women to the wicked men and the good women to the good men. Of the male prisoners the better class after having their heads shaved were enrolled among the Chakáwal and Wádhel tribes of Rájputs. The lower class were allotted to the Kolis, Khánts, Bábriás, and Mers. All were allowed to keep their wedding and funeral ceremonies and to remain aloof from other classes. ↑