The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c22.67

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His triumph over his enemies served only to direct his thoughts towards the disloyalty of those whom he had trusted, his suspicion increased, A‘zam-i-Humāyūn Shirvānī and other nobles died at this time in prison, in circumstances which caused a fresh outburst of disaffection, and Daryā Khān Lohānī, governor of Bihār, Khānjahān Lodī, Miyān Husain Qarmalī, and others raised the standard of rebellion. Their resentment against the tyrant was increased by his procuring the assassination in Chanderī of Shaikh Hasan Qarmalī, governor of that district and a relative of one of their number. Daryā Khān Lohānī, the leader of the revolt, died, and his son Bahādur Khān was proclaimed king in his father's fief of Bihār, and assumed the usual prerogatives of eastern royalty. This bold act of defiance attracted many malcontents to his standard, and he was soon at the head of an army of 100,000 horse, with which he occupied the country to the east of the Ganges as far north as Sambhal. Nasīr Khān Lohānī, governor of Ghāzīpur, who had rebelled on his own account, joined him, and he assumed the title of Muhammad Shāh and was able, for several months, to set Ibrāhīm at defiance.