The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.17

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Meanwhile the hostility of most of the Lohānīs at Jalāl Khān’s court against Sher Khān grew, and a plot was formed to assassinate him, but he was informed of it in time and warned Jalāl Khān, who had been privy to the plot, that Mahmūd of Bengal was intent on conquering Bihār and would certainly succeed if its chief defender were removed. Jalāl Khān, apparently convinced, promised to dismiss the conspirators but took no step in that direction, and two hostile parties were formed in Bihār, one consisting of Jalāl Khān and the majority of the Lohānīs, the other of Sher Khān, some of the Lohānīs, and his own and other Afghān tribes. Sher Khān attempted to restore unity by reminding his enemies that the great fault of the Afghāns was treachery to those of their own race, which had cost the Lodīs the dominion of Hindūstān, but his words fell upon deaf ears.