The History of Mubārak Shāh 5.23

5.23

Daulat Khan, Ikhtiyar Khan, and other amirs, sent a deputation to Sultan Mahmud, urging him to take the government. In the month Jumada-l akhir, the Sultan left Kanauj with a small force, and proceeded to the capital, where he assumed the sovereignty. The family and dependents of Ikbal Khan were removed from Dehli, and sent into the khitta of Kol. Daulat Khan was made faujdar of the Doab; and Ikhtiyar Khan received the gift of the palace of Firozabad. Iklim Khan Bahadur Nahir brought two elephants as an offering, and joined the Sultan. In the month of Jumada-l awwal, 809 H. (October, 1406), the Sultan went to Kanauj, and Daulat Khan was sent with an army to Samana. As the Sultan approached Kanauj, Sultan Ibrahim threatened the city, and crossing the Ganges, sat down against it. But after a time he retired to Jaunpur, and the Sultan returned to Dehli. As he proceeded homewards, his army dispersed; the men going off to their respective fiefs (ikta's). Ibrahim Shah (heard of the Sultan's retreat) as he was journeying homewards, and immediately returned to Kanauj, and there besieged Mahmud Tarmati, who had been left in command by Sultan Mahmud. He held out for four months, but when no one came to the rescue, he of necessity surrendered. The fief of Kanauj was then given to Ikhtiyar Khan, grandson of Malik Yar Khan Kampila.