Muntakhab al-tawarikh 53.1

53.1

Who in the reign of Sultan Muhammad Shāh had obtained the title of Khān-i-Khānān, in the year 855 H. (1451 A.D.) in concert with Hamīd Khān Vazir (who, after the execution of Husain Khān at the hands of Sultan ‘Alāu-d-Dīn, had gained possession of the family and relations of Sultan ‘Alāu-d-Dīn in Dihlī, and had brought the key of the fortress and had given it to Sultan Buhlūl) ascended the throne of sovereignty, and by degrees contrived to secure the imprisonment of Hamīd Khān, and in the same year proceeded to Multān to set that province in order. And in the year 856 H. (1452 A.D.) Sultān Mahmūd Sharqī at the instigation of certain of the Amīrs of the party of Sultan ‘Alāu-d-Dīn, came with a large army and laid siege to Dihlī, and after severe fighting gained possession of it, and Fath Khan Harwi who was one of the most trusted Amirs of Sultan Mahmud was killed. Sultan Mahmud not being able to bear up against this went to Jaunpur, and the following year came into the same neighbourhood, proceeding from Jaunpur to Etawah, and concluded peace upon the following terms, namely, that so much of the kingdom of Dihli as was under the sway of Mubarak Shah should belong to Sultan Bahlul, while that portion which was under the rule of Sultan Ibrahim Sharqi should revert to Sultan Mahmud: and having promised that after the rainy season he would give Shamsabad to Sultan Bahlul which was held by Juna Khan as the deputy of Sultan Mahmud, each of them went to his own country.