The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.25

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While Ahmad had been engaged in espousing the cause of Mas‘ūd Khān in Mālwa Nasīr Khān of Khāndesh had involved himself in hostilities with the Deccan. His daughter had complained that her husband ‘Alā-ud-dīn Ahmad, who had succeeded his father in 1435, was neglecting her for a beautiful Hindu girl, and Nasīr, to avenge his daughter’s wrongs, invaded Berar, the northernmost province of the Bahmanī kingdom. His son-in-law sent against him a large army under Khalaf Hasan, who defeated him at Rohankhed¹ and drove him into his frontier fortress, Laling², where he besieged him. Nasīr Khān, joined by a large force under his nobles, made a sortie, but suffered a severe defeat, died on September 20, and was succeeded by his son, ‘Ādil Khān I. Khalaf Hasan, hearing that a force was advancing from Nandurbār to the relief of Laling, retired to the Deccan with his plunder, which included seventy elephants and many guns.