The History of Mubārak Shāh 7.23

7.23

His country was pillaged and laid waste, and many of its infidel inhabitants were made prisoners. From thence the army proceeded to Rápri, and the fief of Rápri was taken from the son of Hasan Khán and given to Malik Hamza. The army then returned to the capital in the month of Rajab. During the march, Saiyid Salim was attacked by illness and died. His body was placed in a coffin, and carried to Dehli with all speed, and buried. Saiyid Salim was [for thirty years, one of the great nobles in the service of] the late Khizr Khán, and he held many fiefs (iktá's) and parganas in the Doáb, besides the fort of Tabarhindh (Sirhind). His Majesty had also granted to him the khitta of Sarsuti and the iktá' of Amroha. The late Saiyid was a very avaricious man, and in the course of time had amassed an immense sum of money, and vast quantities of grain and stuffs in the fort of Tabarhindh (Sirhind). After his death, all the iktá's and parganas were given to his sons. The eldest son received the title of Saiyid Khán, and the other was entitled Shujá'u-l mulk. In the month of Shawwál, Púlád Turk-bacha, slave of Saiyid Salim, came into the fort of Tabarhindh, at the instigation of the Saiyid's sons, and there began to prepare for rebellion. His Majesty imprisoned the Saiyid's two sons, and sent Yúsuf Sarúr and Rái Hansu Bhatti, to conciliate the above-mentioned Púlád, and to get possession of the late Saiyid's wealth.