The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.13

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Ahmad himself had advanced as far as Nandurbār, sending Malik Mahmūd, one of his officers, to besiege Asīr, and while at Nandurbār he heard from his uncle Fīrūz, who had taken refuge in Nāgaur, that Hūshang Shāh was about to invade Gujarāt. This report was followed immediately by the news that Hūshang, in response to invitations from the rajas of Īdar, Chāmpāner, Mandal, and Nāndod, had crossed his frontier and reached Modāsa¹. Ahmad, although the rainy season of 1418 had begun, at once marched northward, traversed the country of the disaffected rajas, and appeared before Modāsa. Hūshang beat a hasty retreat, but Ahmad had no rest. He was obliged to send expeditions to quell a rebellion in Sorath, and to expel Nasīr Khān from the Nandurbār district, which he had invaded in violation of his promise. Both expeditions were successful, and Nasīr was pardoned on its being discovered that the real culprit was Hūshang’s son, Ghaznī Khān, who had not only instigated him to invade the district but had supplied him with troops.