The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.15

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Sher Khān after some time sought leave to return for a period to his assignment, which, though administered by his own brother, Nizām Khān, required his personal attention. Muhammad belonged to the Lohānī tribe of Afghāns, and most of his courtiers and officials, who were of the same tribe, resented the intrusion of one of the Sūr tribe, so that Muhammad Sūr found little difficulty in rousing ill-will against Sher Khān during his absence. Mahmūd Lodī, the brother of Ibrāhīm, who had taken refuge in Rājputāna, was expected in Bihār, and it was suggested that Sher Khān would side with Mahmūd against Sultān Muhammad. Sultān Muhammad, however, took no action against him, but appointed Muhammad Sūr arbiter in the dispute between Sher Khān and his half-brother, Sulaimān. Thus empowered, Muhammad Sūr directed Sher Khān to share the assignment equally with all his brothers, but he, citing the royal order, refused to comply, and Muhammad sent his troops to seize the estate. Sher Khān’s agent was defeated and slain and the remnant of his troops fled to Sher Khān at Sasarām.