The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.514

v3.c20.514

Fīrūz was succeeded at Delhi by his grandson, who took the title of Ghiyās-ud-dīn Tughluq Shāh II, while his uncle, Nāsir-ud-dīn Muhammad, in his retreat in the Sirmūr hills, prepared to assert his claim to the throne. Tughluq sent against him an army under the command of Malik Fīrūz ‘Alī, whom he had made minister with the title of Khānjahān, and Bahādur Nāhir, a Rājput chieftain of Mewāt who had accepted Islām and now became a prominent figure on the political stage. Muhammad retired to a chosen position in the hills, but was defeated and fled to Kāngra, and Khānjahān, who shrank from attacking the fortress, returned to Delhi, satisfied with his partial success.