Conquest of Orissa
Though northern India and parts of southern India were ruled by the Muslim rulers, they had not yet been able to conquer Orissa. In 1568 Sulaiman Khan sent his son Bayazid Khan Karrani and the famous general Kala Pahar against the last Orissan Gajapati king Mukunda Deva. After a few major battles against the Orissans, and aided by civil war elsewhere in Orissa, Sulaiman was able to bring the entire area under his rule. Kalapahar sacked the Jagannath temple and took Puri under control. Sulaiman Karrani appointed Lodi Khan and Qutlu Khan Lohani governors of Orissa and Puri respectively.
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