The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.541

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The three towns of Sīrī, Old Delhi, and Jahānpanāh were laid waste by Tīmūr, who occupied them for fifteen days and on January 1, 1399, marched through Fīrūzābād, where he halted for an hour or two, to Vazīrābād, where he crossed the Jumna. On this day Bahādur Nāhir of Mewāt arrived in his camp with valuable gifts and made his submission. At Delhi Tīmūr had already secured the adhesion of a more important personage, Khizr Khān the Sayyid, who had been living since his expulsion from Multān under the protection of Shams Khān Auhadī at Bayāna, and, having joined Tīmūr, accompanied his camp as far as the borders of Kashmīr.