The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c21.8
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c21.8
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On his arrival at his capital he learnt that Tughān and his followers had returned to Sirhind and were besieging Malik Kamāl Badhan, who had been appointed deputy of Mubārak in the place of the murdered Nādira. On this occasion Zīrak Khān was more successful, for he overtook the fugitive Turks at Pāel, where Malik Tughān submitted and surrendered his son as an hostage for his good behaviour, for which subservience he was rewarded with the fief of Jullundur.