The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.74

v3.c28.74

At the end of this year Yūsuf attempted to compel Dastūr Dīnār to acknowledge his suzerainty, but the African gained without difficulty the support of Ahmad Nizām Shāh as well as that of Qāsim Barīd, both of whom were interested in curbing Yūsuf’s ambition, and he was content to abandon the enterprise on obtaining from Bīdar a decree prohibiting Ahmad from attacking him.