DEOGIIII, now called Dowlatabad, is about 12 miles from Aumngabad, in the Dekhan ; is a scarped rock of considerable height, with a road way leading up through the rock. Its position is commanding, and from tho most ancient times was a stronghold of the rulers in that part of India. The name seems to have been sometimes written Deogliur. Ala - ud - Din, nephew and general of Jalal-ud-Din, in A.D. 1291 swept across the Nerbadda and captured Deogiri, and besides money and jewels, obtained the cession of Ellichpur and its dependencies, and the raja was further to pay tribute annually. Ala-ud-Din, on his return, was met by Ids uncle, Sultan Jalal - ud - Diu MIRA whom he assassinated, 1295, as he wm patted on the cheek, and then ascended the throne. Subsequently he invaded and conquered Gujerat, and took its beautiful mni, Kamala Devi, into his household. About A.D. 1300 he repulsed an invasion of the 3foghuls under Katallagh Khan. In A.D. 1803 lie captured the fort of Chittore, but wits immediately recalled to check an invasion of the 3foghuls, whom he repulsed a third and fourth timo in 1305 and 1306. In 1306 he sent Malik
Kafur, his general, a eunuch, and who had been the slave of a merchant at Cambay, to chastise the raja of Deogiri, which Kafur effected, and also 'subdued the Mahrattas. In A.D. 1309 31alik Kafur captured Warangal, then the capital of Telingana. In 1310 he reduced Belal-Deo, raja of the Karnatie, -with whoin the 13elal dynasty ended. Ho oi-erran the whole of the eastern provinces as far as Ramisserarn, opposite Ceylon, where he erected a mosque to commemorate his victories ; and in A.D. 1311 he returned to Dehli, laden with plunder. In 1312 he despatched Kafur a second time to punish Ram Deva, king of Deogiri, and son of the former Ram Deo, who was put to death, and the kingdom annexed. lie next carried his arms over all the 3fahmtta terri tory and the Karnatic, and soon after died.— Brigg's .11rizam. See Dowlatabad.