[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928) › v3.c23.20 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.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. - [Previous: v3.c23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c23.19) - [Next: v3.c23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c23.21) - [Up: v3.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c23.20) · Pramāṇa