The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.63

v4.c14.63

The night before the battle Haibat Khān and Khavāss Khān, who had joined him from the Kumāūn hills, held a council to decide who should be raised to the throne in the event of their defeating Islām Shāh. Khavāss Khān remained loyal to the Sūr tribe and maintained that the right of ‘Ādil Khān, whose whereabouts he seems to have known, was indefeasible, but Haibat Khān, placing his personal ambition before loyalty to the family of his old master, declared that the crown was the prize of the sword. The next day, when the forces met, Khavāss Khān, refusing to aid the Niyāzī chief to gain a crown, withdrew his contingent and retired into Kumāūn. The Niyāzīs were defeated, but before they fled an unsuccessful attempt was made to murder the king.