The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.104

v3.c27.104

In 1430 Ahmad, in pursuance of his short-sighted policy of aggression against his northern neighbours, wantonly attacked Gujarāt¹. Kānhā, raja of Jhālawār, apprehending that Ahmad I of Gujarāt intended to annex his territory, fled to Khāndesh and conciliated Nasīr Khān by the gift of some elephants. Nasīr Khān, who was not strong enough to support or protect the refugee, sent him with a letter of recommendation to Ahmad Bahmanī, who supplied him with a force which enabled him to invade Gujarāt and lay waste the country about Nandurbār. An army under Muhammad Khān, son of Ahmad of Gujarāt, defeated the aggressors with great slaughter, and drove them to take refuge in Daulatābād, whence they sent news of the mishap to Bīdar. A fresh army, under the command of ‘Alā-ud-dīn Ahmad, assembled at Daulatābād, where it was joined by Nasīr Khān and by Kānhā, who had fled to Khāndesh, and advanced to Mānikpunj, where it found the army of Gujarāt awaiting its approach. The army of the Deccan was again defeated and again fled to Daulatābād, while Nasīr Khān and Kānhā shut themselves up in the fortress of Laling in Khāndesh, and Muhammad Khān of Gujarāt withdrew to Nandurbār, where he remained on the alert.