The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.16

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Bahman next turned his eyes towards the southern provinces of the kingdom of Delhi, lying on the northern frontier of his kingdom, and set out for Mālwa with an army of 50,000 horse, but before he had traversed the hilly country of southern Berar was persuaded by Raja Haran the Vāghelā, son of that Raja Karan of Gujarāt who had been expelled from his kingdom in the reign of ‘Alā-ud-dīn Khaljī and had found an asylum with the Rāhtor raja of Baglāna, to attempt first the invasion of Gujarāt, which the raja promised, if restored, to hold as a fief of the kingdom of the Deccan. Bahman marched into that kingdom, but at Nāvsārī fell sick of fever and dysentery, brought on by his exertions in the chase and by excessive indulgence in wine and venison, and was compelled to abandon his enterprise. As soon as he had recovered sufficiently to travel he returned to Gulbarga, where he lay sick for six months and died on February 11, 1358¹. He left four sons, Muhammad, Dāūd, Ahmad, and Mahmūd², the eldest of whom succeeded him.