The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.555
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.555
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On his death the nobles transferred their allegiance to the strongest of their number, Daulat Khān Lodī, whose first act as ruler of Delhi was to march into the Doāb and compel the Rājputs of Etāwah and Mahābat Khān of Budaun to own him as their sovereign. His progress was checked by the discovery that Ibrāhīm Shāh of Jaunpur was besieging Qādir Khān, son of Mahmūd Khān, in Kālpī, and in order to avoid an encounter with the superior forces of Ibrāhīm he returned to Delhi.