The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.443

v3.c20.443

Multān was the scene of the next rebellion. Malik Shāhū Lodī, an Afghān noble who had a considerable following of his own tribe, had risen in that province, slain Malik Bihzād, its governor, expelled another officer, and seized the city. The king assembled his army and set out from Delhi, but had travelled no more than two or three stages when he heard of the death of his mother. This was a real loss to the kingdom, for she was charitable and generous, not with the insane profusion of her son, but in due measure. The people, no less than the king, deplored her loss, for her counsels had to some extent restrained her son’s ferocity, and after her death no such acts of clemency as the pardoning of ‘Ain-ul-Mulk, ‘Alī Shāh Kar, Hūshang, Nusrat Khān, and other rebels are recorded.