The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.524

v3.c20.524

Meanwhile Sārang Khān, who had been appointed on Mahmūd’s accession to the fief of Dīpālpūr, was sent to restore order in the north-western provinces. In September, 1394, having assembled the army of Multān as well as his own contingent, he marched towards Lahore, which was held by Shaikhā the Khokar. Shaikhā carried the war into the enemy’s country by advancing into the Dīpālpūr district and forming the siege of Ajūdhan (Pāk Pattan) but, finding that this counterstroke failed to arrest Sārang Khān’s advance, hastily retraced his steps and attacked Sārang Khān before he could reach Lahore. He was defeated, and fled into the Salt Range, and Sārang Khān appointed his own brother, Malik Kandhū, governor of Lahore, with the title of ‘Ādil Khān.