The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.516

v3.c20.516

The nobles from the provinces now assembled at Delhi and acknowledged Muhammad as king, and Humāyūn Khān was sent into Mewāt to crush Abu Bakr and his faction. The army arrived before Bahādur Nāhir’s stronghold in December, 1390, and, being fiercely attacked by the enemy, suffered considerable loss, but eventually drove Bahādur Nāhir into the fortress. Muhammad himself arrived with reinforcements and Abu Bakr and Bahādur Nāhir were compelled to surrender. The latter was pardoned, but Abu Bakr was sent as a prisoner to Meerut, where he soon afterwards died. Muhammad, on his return to Delhi, learnt that Farhat-ul-Mulk, who had been left undisturbed in Gujarāt after his victory over Sikandar Khān, refused to recognise his authority and sent to Gujarāt as governor Zafar Khān, son of Wajīh-ul-Mulk, a converted Rājput.