The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c23.20
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c23.20
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v3.c23.20
The four years’ truce with Delhi, concluded on the king’s accession in 1458, was long expired, and in 1473 Husain, urged by his wife Jalīla, a daughter of ‘Ālam Shāh, the last Sayyid king of Delhi, now living contentedly in inglorious retirement at Budaun, entered upon a series of campaigns, having for their object the conquest and annexation of Delhi.