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Aligarh
ghanta
ghar
location
is
nearby
kathpula
flyover,
church,
Aligarh
nagar
Nigam
office,
tehseel
kol
,
Railway
station
is
1
km
away
from
it.
About
Aligarh
In
1194, Qutb-ud-din
Aibak had
mounted
a
successful
invasion
of
the
region
and
Hisam-ud-din
Ulbak
was
installed
as
the
first
Muslim
governor;
court-historian Hasan
Nizami noted
Kol
to
be
"one
of
the
most
celebrated
fortresses
of
Hind". Beginning
the
13th
century,
the
place
featured
—
as
Kol
or
Koil
—
in
multiple
Persian
(as
well
as
non-Persian)
Sultanate
sources
as
a
center
of
economic
prominence
esp.
for
production
of
distilled
wine. By
the
mid-13th
century,
the
town
commanded
enough
importance
for
(would-be
Sultan) Ghiyas
ud
din
Balban to
erect
a
minaret.
Under
the
Khiljis
and
Tughlaqs,
the
prominence
continued
unabated;
it
had
become
an by
the
times
of Alauddin
Khalji.
Kol
is
mentioned
in Ibn
Battuta's Rihla,
when
Ibn
Battuta,
along
with
15
ambassadors
representing Ukhaantu
Khan,
emperor
of
the Mongol Chinese Yuan
dynasty,
travelled
to
Kol
city
en
route
to
the
coast
at Cambay (in Gujarat)
in
1341. According
to
Battuta,
it
would
appear
that
the
district
was
then
in
a
very
disturbed
state
since
the
escort
of
the
Emperor's
embassy
had
to
assist
in
relieving Jalali from
an
attacking
body
of
Hindus
and
lost
an
officer
in
the
fight.
Ibn
Batuta
calls
Kol
"a
fine
town
surrounded
by
mango
groves".
From
these
same
groves
the
environs
of
Kol
would
appear
to
have
acquired
the
name Sabzabad or
"the
green
country".
In
the
reign
of Akbar,
Kol
was
made
a
Sirkar
and
included
the dasturs of
Marahra,
Kol
ba
Haveli,
Thana
Farida
and
Akbarabad.Akbar
and Jahangir visited
Kol
on
hunting
expeditions.
Jahangir
clearly
mentions
the
forest
of
Kol,
where
he
killed
wolves.
During
the
time
of Ibrahim
Lodhi,
Muhammad,
son
of
Umar,
was
the
governor
of
Kol.
He
built
a
fort
at
Kol
and
named
the
city
Muhammadgarh,
after
himself,
in
1524–25.
Sabit
Khan,
who
was
then
the
governor
of
this
region,
rebuilt
the
old
Lodhi
fort
and
named
the
town
Sabitgarh,
after
himself.
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