Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 51.1

51.1

Ibrahim offends his countrymen by his assumed indifference to them. — The King's brother Julal, governor of Kalpy, proceeds to Joonpoor, and assumes the title of king. — He is defeated, and flies to Gualiar. — Gualiar besieged. — The Raja dies. — Julal flies to Malwa, and eventually to Gondwana, where he is seized, and delivered over to the King. — Julal suffers death. — Gualiar taken. — The Afghan chiefs rebel in several quarters. — The King's cruelty. — All the country east of the Ganges occupied by the son of Duria Khan Lohany, who assumes the title of Mahmood Shah. — Dowlut Khan Lody, governor of Lahore, rebels — invites Babur from Kabul to invade India. — Babur's first attempt, accompanied by Alla-ood-Deen Lody, the King's brother, fails. — Babur invades India in person. — Ibrahim opposes him — is defeated, and slain. — End of the Afghan dynasty. SIKUNDUR LODY dying at Agra, his son Ibrahim succeeded to the throne. At a very early period, contrary to the custom of his father and grandfather, he made no distinction among his officers, whether of his own tribe or otherwise, and said publicly, that kings should have no relations nor clansmen, but that all should be considered as subjects and servants of the state; and the Afghan chiefs, who had hitherto been allowed to sit in the presence, were constrained to stand in front of the throne, with their hands crossed before them.