The History of Mubārak Shāh 5.15

5.15

In the month of Rabí'u-l awwal, Ikbál Khán left Baran, and proceeded with his army to Dehlí; the Sultán [Nusrat Khán] then left Fírozábád, and went into Mewát. Dehlí fell into the power of Ikbál Khán, and he took up his abode in the fort of Sírí. Some of the people of the city who had escaped the Mughals, came back and resumed their habitations. In a short time the fortress of Siri became populated. The districts (shikk) in the Doab, and the fiefs in the neighbourhood of the capital, came into the possession of Ikbal Khan; but the territories in general remained in the power of the amirs and maliks who held them. Thus Gujarat, and all its districts and dependencies, was held by Zafar Khan Wajihu-l Mulk; the shikk of Multan, Dibalpur, and parts of Sind, by Khizr Khan; the shikk of Mahoba and Kalpi, by Mahmud Khan, son of Malik-zada Firoz; the fiefs (ikta's) on the side of Hindustan, such as Kanauj, Oudh, Karra, Dalamau, Sandila, Bahraich, Bihar, and Jaunpur, were held by Khwaja-i Jahan; the shikk of Dhar, by Dilawar Khan; the shikk of Samana, by Ghalib Khan; and the shikk of Bayana, by Shams Khan—into so many portions were the territories of Dehli divided.