The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.4

v4.c15.4

Three princes of the Sūr clan still pretended to the throne of Delhi. These were Muhammad ‘Ādil Shāh, who had occupied the throne for about a year, his cousin and brother-in-law Ibrāhīm, who had dethroned ‘Ādil in 1553, and Ibrāhīm’s cousin and brother-in-law Sikandar, who expelled Ibrāhīm in 1554 and was defeated by Humāyūn at Sirhind in 1555 and driven from Delhi and Āgra. ‘Ādil had established himself at Chunār and was killed in 1557 in a battle with Bahādur Shāh of Bengal, and Ibrāhīm had withdrawn into Bengal. Bairam Khān, correctly estimating the character of the two surviving princes, considered Sikandar, who was still in arms in the Punjab, a more imminent menace than either of the others, and remained for some time after Akbar’s enthronement at Kalānaur with the object of crushing Sikandar’s resistance. He failed, however, owing to lack of information, to make sufficient provision to meet the attack of a foe more dangerous than any of the three princes.