The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.47
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.47
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Some days' desultory fighting was followed by a general attack on the fortress, which was repulsed with heavy loss, and Sikandar invested the place with the object of reducing it by famine. During this period of comparative leisure he was occupied in compassing the ruin of Jalāl Khān. Having attracted all his best officers into his own service he broke up his contingent, and sent him in custody in Utgīr.