The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.66

v4.c14.66

Islām Shāh now, having failed to persuade the Rājā of Kumāūn to surrender Khavāss Khān, entered into communication with Khavāss Khān himself and, after recording a solemn oath that he had forgiven him all his offences, begged him to attend at court and proceed against the Rānā of Mewār who had plundered the royal territories and carried off the wives and daughters of Muslims. At the same time he sent orders to the governor of Sambhal to put Khavāss Khān to death so soon as he should come within reach. Khavāss Khān, disregarding the warning of his host, the Rājā, obeyed the summons and was met at Sirsī, only six miles from Sambhal, by the governor, who, although he owed advancement to him, caused him to be assassinated in his tent at night, and sent his head, on a spear, and his body, stuffed with straw, to Islām Shāh. Thus perished the noblest and the ablest of the adherents of the Sūr dynasty (1546).