Talk:Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa

Numbers

The details and numbers regarding the numbers are shrouded in mystery. The only contemporary account of the battle is of khasrau as per kishori lal as well. He in general regarded as the most important source of events happening during this period. This could be seen from the fact kishori lal seems to have completely disregarded the T.M.S account since it's contradict the former one account

The later accounts of yahua and ferishtah are all written in centuries after the conquest.The reliability of these is a matter of debate as later accounts often exaggerate which seems to be the case throughout the history. So I'm adding the numbers given in khasrau account Summerkillsme (talk) 05:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

The book says that Khusrau mentioned over 30-40,000 cavalry, while an unknown number of Infantry, while 3 other historians stated that there was "40,000 horse" and "100,000" foot. You are saying they are exaggerated with no basis.

The sources are clear in saying that there was at least 100,000 infantry, and 30-40,000 cavalry. [1] Noorullah (talk) 05:50, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

none of the 3 of those historian are contemporary . They are writing 3-4 centuries after the battle . Only major contemporary account is of khasrau and he hasn't mentioned anything like these numbers.

Contemporary accounts are the one which are given major importance in Wikipedia Summerkillsme (talk) 07:11, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

@Summerkillsme I’m sorry but thats not true, See WP:RS. Wikipedia prefers secondary sources. Noorullah (talk) 17:24, 26 August 2023 (UTC)