The History of Mubārak Shāh 1.10

1.10

In the year 781 H. (1379 A.D.), the Sultan made a progress towards Samana, and when he arrived there, Malik Kabul Kuran Khwan, amir of the privy council and chief of Samana, presented his tribute, and the Sultan showed him great favour. Passing from thence through Ambala and Shahabad, the Sultan entered the hills of Saharanpur, and after taking tribute from the Rais of Sirmor and the hills, he returned to his capital. Just at this time information came of the rebellion of Khargu, the Hindu chief (mukaddam) of Katehr. This Khargu had invited Saiyid Muhammad, who held the fief of Badaun, and his brother Saiyid 'Alau-d din, to a feast at his house, and had then basely murdered them. In 782 H. (1380 A.D.), the Sultan proceeded there to avenge this murder, and ravaged the district of Katehr. Khargu fled, and took refuge in the mountains of Kamaun, in the country of the Mahtas. The Sultan also attacked them. * * Every year he used to proceed to Katehr, ostensibly to hunt, and that country became so devastated that nothing but game lived there. In 784 H. (1382 A.D.), he built a fortress at Beoli, seven kos from Badaun, and called it Firozpur, but the people named it Akhirin-pur (the last town). The Sultan now grew old and feeble, for his age was nearly ninety years, and Khan-i Jahan, the wazir, exercised unbounded authority. All the affairs of the State were in his hands, and the maliks and amirs were entirely subservient to him.