The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.499

v3.c20.499

During the rainy season of 1363 Fīrūz was employed in Gujarāt in repairing the losses of his army. Officers and men received liberal grants to enable them to replace their horses, the revenues of the province were appropriated to the reorganisation of the army, and requisitions for material of war were sent to Delhi. The king was obliged to forgo a favourable opportunity for interference in the affairs of the Deccan, where Bahman Shāh had died in 1358 and had been succeeded by his son, Muhammad I. His son-in-law, Bahrām Khān Māzandarānī, who was governor of Daulatābād, resented the elevation of Muhammad, against whom he openly rebelled three years later, and now invited Fīrūz to recover the Deccan, promising him his support, but the king would not abandon his enterprise in Sind, and Bahrām was disappointed.