The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 9.14

9.14

When the Sultan arrived at Deogir he made heavy demands upon the Musulman chiefs and collectors of the Mahratta country, and his oppressive exactions drove many persons to kill themselves. Heavy abwabs also were imposed on the country, and persons were specially appointed to levy them. After a short time he sent Ahmad Ayyaz (as lieutenant) to Dehli, and he marched to Tilang. When Ayyaz arrived in Dehli he found that a disturbance had broken out in Lahor, but he suppressed it. The Sultan arrived at Arangal, where cholera (waba) was prevalent. Several nobles and many other persons died of it. The Sultan also was attacked. He then appointed Malik Kabul, the naib-wazir, to be ruler over Tilang, and himself returned homewards with all speed. He was ill when he reached Deogir, and remained there some days under treatment. He there gave Shaháb Sultáni the title of Nusrat Khán, and made him governor of Bídar and the neighbourhood, with a fief of a lac of tankas. The Mahratta country was entrusted to Katlagh Khán. The Sultán, still ill, then set off for Dehli, and on his way he gave general permission for the return home of those people whom he had removed from Dehli to Deogír. Two or three caravans were formed which returned to Dehli, but those with whom the Mahratta country agreed remained at Deogír with their wives and children.