The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.26
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.26
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Sher Khān, having thus, as he believed, set the emperor’s mind at rest, sent an army under his son, Jalāl Khān, to complete the annexation of Bengal, and Sultān Mahmūd, too weak to meet the invaders in the field, appealed to Humāyūn and took refuge in Gaur where he was besieged by Jalāl Khān and Khavāss Khān, who had now become Sher Khān’s most capable, loyal and enterprising officer.