Tarikh-i Daʾudi 9: The foundation of Sher-garh. — Extermination of the Gújars.

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After the conquest of Multán by Haibat Khán, Sher Sháh went (from Agra) to Dehli in the year 947 H. (1540 A.D.); and actuated by unworthy feelings he destroyed the fort of 'Alau-d din, which stood in Siri, conspicuous for its strength and loftiness, and built on the bank of the Jun, between Firozabad and Kilu Khari, in the village of Indrapat, a new city, about two or three kos distant from the old one. He filled it with inhabitants, as it remains to this day. He also laid the foundations of a magnificent masjid, which was very quickly completed. The name of this fort he called "Sher-garh," and the walls of it were of great breadth, length, and height; but on account of the shortness of his reign, he did not live to complete it. Within the fort was a small palace, also left incomplete, which he called "Sher-mandal."
Whilst he was so occupied in building Dehli, the thieves of Pali and Pahal, who are of the Gujar tribe, began to be exceedingly audacious in their depredations; insomuch that Sher Shah himself marched towards the hills occupied by that tribe. The Gujars were completely reduced to subjection, and he left orders that they should be expelled from that country. Consequently, not a vestige of their habitations was left.