Muntakhab al-tawarikh 49.1.1

49.1.1

Who was his youngest son, ascended the throne on the twentieth of Jumadiu-l-Awwal in the aforesaid year relying upon the allegiance of the Amirs, with the title of Sultan Nasiru-d-Din Mahmud, and having bestowed upon Muqarrabu-l-Mulk the title of Muqarrab Khan, he made him his heir apparent, and confirmed to the Amirs their appointments districts and titles; and with a view to restoring order in the important affairs of State, which had suffered in consequence of the dominance of the perverse infidels, he bestowed the title of Sultanu-sh-Sharq upon Khwaja-i-Jahan, and transferred him from Qanauj to Bihar with full powers and uncontrolled authority, and despatched him thither. He proceeded as far as Jajnagar and took possession of it, acquiring a large number of elephants and much valuable booty, and from that time the Rai of Jajnagar used to send elephants annually as presents to Delhi. He also rebuilt the greater number of the forts which the infidels had destroyed, in the districts of Karra, Oudh, Sandila, Dalmau, Bahraich and Tirhut, and bringing troops to the district of Dibalpur to quell the rebellion of Shaikha Khokhar. And in the month of Zi'l Qa'dah of the year 796 Khokhar fought a sharp engagement with Sarang Khan, at a place called Samothlah which is twelve kuroh from Lahore, but was defeated and retired to the hill country of Jammu. Sarang Khan thereupon left Lahore in charge of his brother Adil Khan, and returned towards Dibalpur.