The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.454

v3.c20.454

In 1344 a rebellion broke out in Kara. This rich district had been farmed for an immense sum to a worthless debauchee, who bore the title of Nizām-ul-Mulk. He discovered, when he attempted to fulfil his promise to the king, that he could not collect the tenth part of what he had contracted to pay to the treasury and, in his drunken despair, raised the standard of rebellion, styling himself Sultān ‘Alā-ud-dīn. The king was assembling troops at Delhi when news was received that ‘Ain-ul-Mulk had justified the clemency with which he had been treated by marching from Oudh and capturing and slaying Nizām-ul-Mulk, and the news was confirmed by the arrival of the rebel’s skin. The ShaikhGeneric placeholderāda of Bastām, who had married the king’s sister, was sent to complete the work and to restore order in the Kara district, and stamped out the embers of rebellion with great severity.