Muntakhab al-tawarikh 49.1.4

49.1.4

Sultan Nusrat Shah retained possession of the country of the Doab, and Sambhal, Panipath, Rohtak, and Jahjar, while a few old ruined forts, such as Dihli and Siri and the rest, remained in the hands of Sultan Mahmud, and from that time forward this proverb became a common expression: The rule of the Lord of the world (Khudawand-i ’Alam) is from Dihli to Palam. And all over Hindustan there arose various parties, each with its own Malik. Verse. Say, either you rule in the city, or let me rule, For the affairs of the state go to ruin between two rulers. The affairs of the kingdom continued in this state for a space of three years; at one time the Dihli party got the better of the Firuzabad party, and at another time the positions were reversed. Verse. Like the kite which is six months female and six months male. And in the year 798 H. (1395 A.D.) many battles took place between the Masnad-i-‘Ali, Khizr Khan, the Amir of Multan, and Sarang Khan the ruler of Dipalpur, and, eventually, owing to the treachery of certain of the slaves of Malik Marwan, who was the tutor of Malik Suleiman the father of Khizr Khan, and in consequence of their throwing in their lot with Sarang Khan the governor of Dipalpur, Multan passed from the possession of Khizr Khan to that of Sarang Khan, and his party began to grow weaker and weaker every day.