The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.32

v3.c22.32

This invasion of Bihār which, though held by the kings of Jaunpur in the day of their strength, had always been regarded as a province of Bengal, aroused the hostility of 'Alā-ud-dīn Husain Shāh, the active and warlike king of that country, who resented both the pursuit of his protégé and the violation of his frontiers. He hesitated to march in person against the king of Delhi, and sent his son Dāniyāl with an army to Bārh, where he was met by a force under Mahmūd Khān Lodī and Mubārak Khān Lohānī. Neither party had anything to gain by proceeding to extremities and the treaty executed by both contained the usual stipulation, meaningless when boundaries fluctuate and are ill defined, that neither the king of Delhi nor the sultan of Bengal was to invade the dominions of his neighbour, but the latter’s promise to abstain from harbouring Sikandar’s enemies was an admission that he had erred in espousing Husain’s cause.