The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.178

v3.c20.178

Tamar Khān arrived before Lakhnāwatī on April 30, 1245, and, alleging that his orders authorised him to supersede Tughril, demanded the surrender of the city. Tughril refused to comply and on May 4 was defeated in a battle before the walls and driven into the town. Peace was made by the good offices of Minhāj-ud-dīn, and Tughril surrendered the city but was permitted to retire with all his treasure, elephants, and troops, to Delhi, where he was received with much honour on July 11 and was appointed, a month later, to the government of Oudh, vacated by Tamar. He died in Oudh on the day (March 9, 1247) on which Tamar, who was then in rebellion, died at Lakhnāwatī.