The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.336

v3.c20.336

Malik Yaklakī, encouraged by reports of the demoralisation of the court, raised the standard of rebellion in Deogīr and proclaimed his independence, but was defeated and captured by an army sent against him and carried, with his associates, to Delhi, where Mubārak’s perverted sense of justice permitted him to put the subordinates to death while he inflicted on Yaklakī no heavier punishment than mutilation of the nose and ears, and shortly afterwards appointed him governor of Sāmāna.