The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.158

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The raja of Īdar had, since Humāyūn’s invasion, behaved as an independent monarch, remitting no tribute, and when, in 1549, a small force was sent to demand the arrears due he opposed the royal troops and compelled them to retire, but a larger force under ‘Imād-ul-Mulk Aslān Rūmī, who had been appointed to the command of the foreign legion, captured Īdar and compelled the raja to pay tribute. Farahshād, one of the Turkish officers who had deserted Sulaimān Pāshā on his withdrawal, acted as ‘Imād-ul-Mulk’s standard bearer and behaved with great gallantry, for which he was rewarded with the title of Fath Jang Khān. In the following year a similar expedition was dispatched to Sirohī, the country round about which was plundered; but there was no design, apparently, of reducing Sirohī to the condition of a vassal state paying regular tribute. In 1551 it was necessary to suppress the predatory Rājputs who infested the heart of the kingdom and had murdered a doctor of the law travelling from Pātan to Ahmadābād. A massacre reduced the survivors to temporary obedience.