The History of Mubārak Shāh 5.28

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In 814 H. (1411 A.D.), Khizr Khan proceeded to Rohtak. Malik Idris and Malik Mubariz Khan his brother, received the khitta of Hansi, and were honoured by being allowed to kiss the feet. They received many other favours. After this Khizr Khan plundered the town of Narnaul, which was in the possession of Iklim Khan and Bahadur Nahir. Then he went to Mewat, and plundered the towns of Tajarah, Sarath, and Kharol, and having pillaged other places in Mewat, he returned, and proceeding to Dehli, he invested the fort of Siri. Sultan Mahmud was in the fort, and Ikhtiyar Khan held the palace of Firozabad for him. The contest went on till Ikhtiyar Khan joined Khizr Khan, who then removed from before Siri, and took possession of the fort of Firozabad. Thus he became master of the fiefs of the Doab, and of the neighbourhood of the capital. As grain and forage were scarce, in Muharram, 815 H. (April, 1412 A.D.), he proceeded by Panipat to Firozpur. In Jumada-l awwal, Sultan Mahmud went to Katehr, and after spending some days there hunting, he returned to Dehli. On his way home he was seized with illness in the month of Rajab, and died. He reigned, through all these many vicissitudes and misfortunes, twenty years and two months. After the death of the Sultan, the amirs and maliks, and royal servants, pledged their faith to Daulat Khan. Mubariz Khan and Malik Idris abandoned Khizr Khan, and went over to Daulat Khan. During this year, Khizr Khan remained in Fathpur, and did not go to Dehli.