The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.2

v3.c29.s2.2

The Shaikh had the merits and the defects of one who had chosen a life of seclusion and devotion. His rule was mild and beneficent, but he was ill-equipped to combat, either by force or by art, the enemies of his rule. An Afghān chief, Sahra Langāh, of Sibī, beguiled him by professing devotion for him, gave him his daughter in marriage, and made paternal affection a pretext for visits to Multān so frequent that they ceased to excite either comment or suspicion. In 1440 he succeeded by a stratagem in introducing his troops into the Shaikh's citadel, deposed him, and banished him to Delhi, where he was well received by Bahlūl Lodī.