The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.2

v4.c14.2

DURING his long struggle with the kings of the Sharqī dynasty of Jaunpur,¹ Sultān Buhlūl Lodī recruited his forces with bodies of Afghāns from Roh, the highlands of the Sulaimān range, whose leaders received assignments in India for the maintenance of their followers. Among them was one Ibrāhīm Khān, of the Sūr tribe, a horse-dealer according to Abu-’l-Fazl, who is ever ready to disparage those who drove his master’s father from his throne. Whether Ibrāhīm Khān ever sold horses is uncertain, but he was a soldier who received assignments as a reward for his services. He is said to have claimed descent from the Shansabānīds of Ghūr,² but probably without grounds.