The History of Mubārak Shāh 5.29

5.29

In Muharram, 816 H. (April, 1413), Daulat Khan went to Katehr, where Rai Har Singh and other rais came to wait upon him. When he reached Pattiali, Muhabat Khan, amir of Badaun, joined him. Intelligence was now brought that Sultan Ibrahim was besieging Kadir Khan, son of Sultan Mahmud Khan [in Kalpi], but Daulat Khan had not sufficient forces to attempt to relieve him. In Jumada-l awwal, Khizr Khan led his forces out of Dehli, and when he went to Hisar Firozah, all the amirs and maliks of that country gathered round him. Siege was laid to the fort of Ruhtak, in which Idris Khan was living, and Khizr Khan passing near, went into Mewat. Jalal Khan, nephew of Iklim Khan Bahadur Nahir, came to wait upon him. Turning back from thence, he went into Sambhal, and laid the country waste. In the month Zi-l hijja he proceeded to Dehli, and posted himself in front of the gate of Siri. At length Malik Lona and some partisans of Khizr Khan in the city conspired together, and [gave him such assistance that] he obtained possession of the gate of the naubat-khanah. When Daulat Khan saw that his position was desperate, he begged for quarter. Khizr Khan gave him an interview, and then consigning him to the charge of Kiwam Khan, he sent him to the fort of Hisar Firozah. Khizr Khan thus obtained possession of Dehli on the 8th Rabi'u-l awwal, 817 H. (23rd May, 1414 A.D.)