The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.138

v3.c25.138

'Imād-ul-Mulk was now to discover the wisdom of Sadr Khān's warning. His relations with Daryā Khān had been growing ever more strained and the latter's influence over the feeble king ever stronger. He accompanied the king on an excursion, ostensibly for the purpose of hunting, but when well beyond the city walls carried him off to Chāmpāner, and sent to 'Imād-ul-Mulk a royal letter directing him to retire to his fiefs in Kāthiāwār. 'Imād-ul-Mulk assembled his troops and attempted to obtain possession of the king's person in order to re-establish his influence over him, but the proceeding so closely resembled rebellion that many of his officers deserted him for the royal camp, and he was obliged to return to Ahmadābād, whence he retired, with Sadr Khān, to Morvī, his principal fief. In 1540 Daryā Khān, carrying with him the king, marched against 'Imād-ul-Mulk, defeated him at Bajāna¹, where Sadr Khān was slain, and drove him into Khāndesh. Daryā Khān followed him, and at Dāngrī², near the Tapti, met Mubārak II, who was prepared to oppose any attempt to enter his kingdom. Daryā Khān was again victorious, and 'Imād-ul-Mulk fled to Māndū, where Mallū Nāsir Khān, appointed governor by Bahādur was now independent, styling himself Nāsir Shāh. At this point Daryā Khān and Mahmūd III abandoned the pursuit and returned to Gujarāt.