Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 45.4

45.4

The misfortunes of the state daily increased. The omras of Ferozabad, and some of the provinces espoused the cause of Noosrut Shah. Those of Dehly and other places supported the title of Mahmood Toghluk. The government fell into anarchy : civil war raged every where ; and a scene was exhibited, unheard of before, of two kings in arms against each other residing in the same capital. Tartar Khan, the son of Zuffur Khan of Guzerat, and Fuzl-oolla Bulkhy, entitled Kootloogh Khan, joined the Prince Noosrut at Ferozabad. Mookurrib Khan and other chiefs espoused the cause of Mahmood Toghluk ; while Bahadur Nahir and Mulloo Yekbal Khan, with a strong body of troops, occupied the fort of Siry and remained neuter, but were prepared to join either party according to circumstances. Affairs remained in this state for three years, with astonishing equality ; for if one monarch's party had at any time the superiority, the balance was soon restored by the neutral chiefs. The warfare thus continued as if it were one battle between the two cities, wherein thousands were sometimes killed in a day, and the casualties occasioned by the slain were supplied by fresh reinforcements from different parts. Some of the governors of the provinces took little share in these civil dissensions, hoping to make advantage of them, by becoming independent in the end.