The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.64

v3.c22.64

Ibrāhīm now resolved to pursue his father’s design of annexing Gwalior. The occasion was favourable, for the brave and generous Mān Singh, who had so long withstood Sikandar, had recently died, and had been succeeded by his son, Bikramājīt Singh, who lacked his father’s military and administrative capacity but, fearing an attack, had considerably strengthened the defences of his fortress-capital. A‘zam-i-Humāyūn Shirvānī who had been rewarded for his defection from Jalāl Khān with the government of Kara, was ordered to take the field with 30,000 horse and 300 elephants, and a large army was sent from Āgra to co-operate with him. On the approach of the imperial troops Jalāl Khān fled from Gwalior and took refuge with Mahmūd II in Mālwa.