Riyaz al-salatin 72: ACCOUNT OF THE OVER-LORD SHIP OF MUHAMMAD KHAN SUR IN BENGAL.

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When in the year 952 A.H., Sher Shah, in capturing the fort of Kalinjar, by the will of Providence, was accidentally burnt by the explosion of the gunpowder of a mine that had been laid underneath the rampart, and his younger son, named Jallal Khan, ascended the throne of Delhi and assumed the title of Islam Shah, popularly known as Salim Shah, Muhammad Khan Sur, who was one of the principal Omra and a connexion of Salim Shah, and who was renowned for his justice and equity and courteous deportment, was appointed Governor of Bengal. And for some years until the end of Salim Shah's reign he continued so, after which he raised the standard of rebellion, and turned towards the conquest of Chunar, Jaunpur and Kalpi. Muhammad Shah 'Adli, taking in his company Hemu the grocer, who was one of his leading Omra, with a large army, proceeded to encounter Muhammad Khan, and in the village of Chaparghatha, which is fifteen kros distant from Kalpi, between the two armies, a sanguinary engagement took place. Many persons on both sides were killed, and Muhammad Khan, too, was killed. The grandees who escaped from the sword fled, and rallied together at Jhosi, and installed in power Muhammad Khan's son, named Khizr Khan. Bahadur Shah (that is, Khizr Khan), to avenge the death of his father, set about collecting his forces, subdued many of the eastern provinces, and invaded Bengal.