The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.165

v3.c25.165

‘Imād-ul-Mulk Aslān and Tātār Khān Ghūrī, disgusted with I‘timād Khān’s monopoly of power, dragged forth their guns and bombarded his house at Ahmadābād, and the regent fled to Hālol, near Chāmpāner, taking the young king with him. Here he began to assemble his army, and civil war was on the point of breaking out when peacemakers intervened and effected a composition whereby I‘timād Khān retained the office of regent and the custody of the king and the other nobles parcelled out the kingdom among themselves, ‘Imād-ul-Mulk Aslān, I‘timād Khān’s principal opponent, receiving Broach, Chāmpāner, Nāndod, and other districts between the Māhī and Narbada rivers. To the king was assigned land sufficient for the maintenance of 1500 horse, but this was no more than a concession to his vanity, for he remained almost as closely guarded as before.