Famine Sufferers drown Themselves in the Jamna; 1289. Firoz Shah Khilji overthrew the dynasty of the Slave Kings of Delhi in 1289. In the same year a terrible famine occurred throughout Northern India. It is best described in the actual words of the contemporary chronicle: - "In the Siwalik (Himalayan foot-hills) the dearth was greatly felt. The Hindus of that country came into Delhi with their families; twenty or thirty of them together; and in the extremity of hunger drowned themselves in the Jamna." Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson; c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.