The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c23.27

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Buhlūl marched, after his victory, on Etāwah, which was still tributary to Jaunpur, captured the fort after a siege of three days, and then turned to attack Husain, who awaited him opposite Rāigāon Khāgā¹, on the Ganges, and was still strong enough to deter him for some months from attempting to force the passage of the river, until Raja Tilok Chand, whose estate lay on the north of the Ganges, joined him, and led his army across by a ford. Husain then retreated to Phāphāmau, six miles north of Allahabad, the raja of which place escorted him in safety to Jaunpur. Buhlūl marched directly on Jaunpur, and Husain fled by a circuitous route towards Kanauj, but Buhlūl pursued him, attacked him before he could reach that city, and defeated him, capturing one of his wives. He then returned to Jaunpur, took the city, placed Mubārak Khān Lohānī there as governor, established a garrison under the command of Qutb Khān Lodī at Majhaulī², beyond the Gogra, and marched to recover Budaun, which was still nominally subject to Husain. Husain took advantage of his absence from the neighbourhood of Jaunpur to reassemble his army and march on that city, and Mubārak Khān, who was not strong enough to withstand him, withdrew to Majhaulī and joined Qutb Khān. Husain followed him thither, and the Afghān officers, who hesitated to risk a battle, feigned to negotiate, and thus gave Buhlūl time to return from Budaun and reoccupy Jaunpur. A force under his son Bārbak had already relieved the garrison of Majhaulī, and Husain, at length despairing of recovering his kingdom, fled into Bihār, followed by Buhlūl as far as Haldī, on the Ganges near Ballia.