The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.30

v4.c14.30

Sher Khān now struck coin¹ and caused the *khutba* to be recited in his own name and assumed the royal title, styling himself Farīd-ud-dīn Sher Shāh. A force sent to Gaur defeated and slew the officer whom Humāyūn had left to hold that city, and Sher Shāh, following Humāyūn towards Āgra, occupied the country as far west as Kanauj and Kālpī, and sent a mission to Mālwa and Gujarāt promising help if they menaced Humāyūn from the west. Gujarāt was too disturbed to take part in a general attack on the emperor, but Mallū Khān of Māndū, who had assumed the title of Qādir Shāh,² returned a favourable reply, though he aroused the wrath of Sher Shāh by writing after the manner of a sovereign prince.