Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.1.3

61.1.3

In the year 948 H. he came to Agra, and in the year 949 H. proceeded to Gwaliar with the intention of conquering Malwa. Abul Qasim Beg, one of the Amirs of Humayun Padshah who had entrenched himself in that fortress, came in and had an interview with him, giving up the keys of the fort. Mallu Khan the governor of Malwa, who was one of the slaves of the Khilji Sultans, and held absolute and unlimited power in that province, offered his services to Shir Shah, and was honoured by splendid rewards. Shir Shah also had tents pitched for him close to his own tent, and prepared a hundred and one horses and other apparatus of pomp and dignity in his honour. In the meantime a suspicion arose in Mallu Khan's mind, and one night he tore his tent and escaped alone after the accustomed manner of slaves, and fled. Shir Khan wrote the following: — Verse. You see how the chickenhearted slave Mallu has treated me It is a saying of Mustafa “There can be no good in a slave." Shir Khan then nominated Haji Khan Sultani to the subjugation of the province of Malwa, and Suzawal Khan to administer the affairs of the district of Sawas; Mallu Khan fought with Haji Khan and Suzawal Khan, and suffered a defeat from which he never recovered. Every weakling who fights with one stronger than he, Gets such a fall that he can never again rise.