The Memoirs of Bābur 2.4.9

2.4.9

The fifth time the Most High God, of his grace and mercy, cast down and defeated an enemy so mighty as Sultán Ibrahim, and made me the master and conqueror of the powerful empire of Hindústán. * * * The capital of all Hindustan is Dehli. From the time of Sultan Shahabu-d din Ghori to the end of Sultan Firoz Shah's time, the greater part of Hindustan was in the possession of the Emperor of Dehli. At the period when I conquered that country five Musulman kings and two Pagans exercised royal authority. Although there were many small and inconsiderable Rais and Rajas in the hills and woody country, yet these were the chief and the only ones of importance. One of these powers was the Afghans, whose government included the capital, and extended from Bahrah to Behar. Jaunpur, before it fell into the power of the Afghans, was held by Sultan Husain Sharki. This dynasty they called the Purbi (or eastern). Their forefathers had been cupbearers to Sultan Firoz Shah, and that race of Sultans. After Sultan Firoz Shah's death, they gained possession of the kingdom of Jaunpur. Dehli was at that period in the hands of Sultan 'Alau-d din, whose family were saiyids. When Timur Beg invaded Hindustan, before leaving the country, he had bestowed the country of Dehli on their ancestors. Sultan Bahlol Lodi Afghan, and his son Sultan Sikandar, afterwards seized the throne of Dehli, as well as that of Jaunpur, and reduced both kingdoms under one government.