The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.19

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In 1429 Kānhā, raja of Jhālāwar, fled from his state and took refuge with Nasīr Khān of Khāndesh, who, not being strong enough to protect him, sent him to the court of Ahmad Shāh Bahmanī at Bīdar, who dispatched a force into the Nandurbār district to ravage the country. This force was expelled and driven back to Daulatābād, whereupon Ahmad of the Deccan sent an army under his son ‘Alā-ud-dīn Ahmad to invade Gujarāt and re-establish Kānhā in Jhālāwar. This army, which assembled at Daulatābād, was there joined by Nasīr Khān of Khāndesh, and against the allied forces Ahmad of Gujarāt sent an army under his eldest son, Muhammad Khān. This prince defeated the allies at Mānikpunj, about thirty-eight miles north-west of Daulatābād, and ‘Alā-ud-dīn Ahmad fled to Daulatābād while Nasīr and Kānhā fled into Khāndesh. Muhammad Khān of Gujarāt, perceiving that it would be useless to besiege Daulatābād, laid waste part of Khāndesh and retired to Nandurbār.