[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Tārīkh-i Dāʾūdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi) › [Tarikh-i Daudi of 'Abdu-lla (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot) › 5.2.3 # Tarikh-i Daʾudi 5.2.3 Táríkh-i Dáúdí of 'Abdu-lla (extracts) 5.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2.3) During Sultan Sikandar's stay at Jaunpur, his army became totally disorganized, and the zamindars of that place wrote to Sultan Husain, saying, "Since no horses are left in Sikandar's army, and there is no cavalry to oppose you, you ought to take advantage of so favourable an opportunity." Sultan Husain accordingly advanced against Sultan Sikandar with a vast force and 100 elephants. The latter, perceiving the unprepared state of his troops, sent the Khan-khanan to Salbahan to persuade him to join him. When the enemy were thirteen kos off, Sultan Sikandar, notwithstanding the condition of his army, proceeded against Sultan Husain. Meanwhile, Salbahan also arrived with his troops to the assistance of Sultan Sikandar. After a contest between the two parties, Sultan Husain was defeated and pursued by Sultan Sikandar as far as Bihar, where he received intimation that Sultan Husain had gone to Kahal-ganw, in the country of Lakhnauti. The province of Bihar fell into the hands of Sikandar, and after establishing his officers in that territory, he went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Shaikh Sharafu-d din Yahya, of Munir, and having caused the fakirs and dwellers of that place to rejoice, he arrived at Patna. About this time, Khan Jahan, one of his chief nobles, yielded up his life into the hands of the angel of death, and his eldest son Ahmad Khan was distinguished by the title of 'Azam Humayun. - [Previous: 5.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2.2) - [Next: 5.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2.4) - [Up: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2.3) · Pramāṇa