It is a fact that a mosque is declared to have been erected by Malik
Kafur on the sea-coast in 1310, but apparently not at Ramesvaram,
which lies in the extreme south of India, on the eastern coast
opposite the island of Ceylon. Moreover, it is extremely improbable
that a Muhammadan sovereign could, in the fourteenth century A.D.,
have penetrated so far south with such a handful of men. They
would have been harassed at every step by myriads of Hindus, who,
though doubtless trembling at the sight of a Muhammadan, would,
we may be sure, never have permitted 5000 men to traverse in
peace 1000 miles of forest and mountain; for Ramesvaram is fully
500 miles from Vijayanagar. Malik Kafur's expedition is said to
have taken place after the conquest by him of the Ballala Rajah of
Dvarasamudra in Maisur, when he erected a mosque on the SEA-COAST OF
MALABAR, and therefore nowhere near Ramesvaram. Colonel Briggs has
observed this difficulty,[58] and thinks that the place alluded to
must be Sadasivaghur, on the western coast,) south of Goa, adding,
"The spot ... is called Cape Ramas on our maps."[59] He believes,
however, that the remains of an old mosque do exist at Ramesvaram,
and its date should be settled. Leaving it to others better informed
to throw light on this point, I return to Bukka Raya and his doings.

Firishtah says that there were two roads to Vijayanagar:

"one fit for the passage of armies, the other narrow and difficult. As
the former was lined with ambushes, he chose the latter, through
which he marched with a select-body of troops, and appeared suddenly
in the suburbs of the city."

If Mujahid came up from the Malabar coast, the former of these two