The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.54

v3.c22.54

Troubles in Mālwa now supplied Sikandar with a pretext for interfering in the affairs of that kingdom. Sāhib Khān, the eldest son of Nāsir-ud-dīn Khaljī, had been proclaimed king by a faction, and had at first maintained himself against his younger brother, Mahmūd II, but had eventually fled before him and was now, in 1513, under the protection of Bahjat Khān, governor of Chanderī, who had proclaimed him under the title of Muhammad Shāh¹ and sought aid of Sikandar. Sikandar recognised the prince as king of Mālwa, but Sa‘īd Khān and ‘Imād-ul-Mulk, whom he sent to his aid with 12,000 horse, demanded that Bahjat Khān should cause the *khutba* to be recited in the name of the king of Delhi, and, on his hesitating to comply with the request, retired, leaving him exposed to the wrath of Mahmūd II, who, however, accepted his conditional surrender and recognised Sāhib Khān as governor of the districts of Rāisen, Bhīlsa, and Dhāmonī; but Sāhib Khān mistrusted Bahjat Khān and, on November 8, fled from Chanderī and took refuge with Sikandar.