The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.22

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Humāyūn’s officers fled from Jaunpur on the approach of the Afghāns, and Mahmūd sent his forces forward and occupied Lucknow. When the news of the loss of Lucknow reached Āgra Humāyūn marched towards Jaunpur, and his army and that of Mahmūd Lodī met at Daunrūā, where the latter was severely defeated and compelled to retire into Bihār. Being unable to raise a fresh army there, he withdrew into Orissa, where he passed the few remaining years of his life, in sensual pleasures, until his death in 1542.