The Afghan History of Khān Jahān 1.1.4

1.1.4

After this reconciliation, Malik Bahlol made war, in the name of Sultan Muhammad, against Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa, [who was ruling over Hisar Firozah, Hansi, and Nagor,] and overcame him. Upon which the Sultan ennobled him by giving him the title of Khan-khanan. Thus the Lodis became gradually more powerful, and possessed themselves by force, without King Muhammad's consent, of Lahore, Dipalpur, Sannam, Hisar Firozah, and various other parganas, and paid no attention to what Sultan Muhammad wrote to them in remonstrance. They raised the standards of rebellion, collected a force, and went against Sultan Muhammad who was in Dehli, and besieged that place; but failing in their attempt, they returned to Sirhind, where Malik Bahlol assumed the title of Sultan, but abstained from having the khutba read and coinage struck in his name until Dehli should fall into his hands.