The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.107

v3.c27.107

Disappointment and defeat only increased the obstinacy of Ahmad Bahmanī, and in the following year he invaded in person the hilly tract of Baglāna, the Rāhtor raja of which was nominally a vassal of Gujarāt, and at the same time besieged the fortress of Bhaul, on the Girna, which was held for Gujarāt by Malik Sa‘ādat. Ahmad of Gujarāt was engaged in an expedition to Chāmpāner, but raised the siege of that place and marched to his southern frontier. A series of undignified manœuvres exhibited the unwillingness of the two kings to try conclusions. Ahmad Bahmanī raised the siege of Bhaul and retired to Bīdar, leaving a force on his frontier to check the anticipated pursuit, but Ahmad of Gujarāt, greatly relieved by his enemy’s flight, returned to his capital. Ahmad Bahmanī then returned to Bhaul, and resumed the siege, disregarding a mild protest addressed to him by Ahmad of Gujarāt, but Malik Sa'ādat repulsed an attempt to carry the place by storm, and in a sortie inflicted such heavy losses on the besiegers that Ahmad Bahmanī, learning that Ahmad of Gujarāt was marching to the relief of the fortress, raised the siege and turned to meet him. The battle was maintained until nightfall, and is described as indecisive, but the sultan of the Deccan was so dismayed by his losses that he retreated hurriedly towards his capital.