Riyaz al-salatin 48.2

48.2

Sultan Shamsu-d-din leaving his son with an army in the fort of Panduah, entrenched himself in the fort of Ekdalah which was very impregnable. Firuz Shah, not oppressing the people of Panduah, captured in battle the son of Sultan Shamsu-d-din, and marched towards the fort of Ekdalah. (End of Fasc. I.) (Fasc. II.) On the first day, a bloody engagement took place. After that, for twenty-two days, he besieged the Fort. Not succeeding, Firuz Shah resolved to transfer his camp to the bank of the Ganges. Then, alone, he searched for a proper camping ground. Sultan Shamsu-d-din thinking that Firuz Shah closes his history with a narrative of this expedition and of the events up to the sixth year of Firuz Shah's reign. The object of the expedition was to punish Sultan Shamsu-d-din Haji Ilyas who had invaded and ravaged Tirhut and harried the frontier (then the Sro river) between the Bengal Kingdom and the Delhi Empire. The Emperor set out from Delhi on 10th Shawal 754 A.H., reached Oudh, crossed the Sro river, when Ilyas Shah withdrew to Tirhut. The Emperor crossing the Sro, marched through Arsa-i-Kharosah (not identified) and Gorakpur, the Rajahs whereof paid him homage and enlisted themselves on his side. Ilyas Shah then returned from Tirhut to Panduah, the Emperor following him towards Lakhnauti and Panduah, after traversing Jagat or Jalat (not identified) and Tirhut (the Rajahs whereof also paid homage to the Emperor).