Twilight of the Sultanate c10.s1.36

c10.s1.36

After ordering the aforementioned commanders to deal with Jasrat Khokhar, Mubārak Shāh marched to Katēhar to bring order in that problem tract. The details of his campaign would be studied later, suffice it here to say that the failure of the royal generals in the Punjab and the preoccupation of Mubārak Shāh in Katēhar encouraged Jasrat to attack Rai Bhīm at Jammu in April, 1423, ravage his country and kill him in battle. Large quantities of arms and treasures of the Raja fell into his hands, which added to his strength and ambition. With ten to twelve thousand foot and horse he sacked the districts of Deopalpur and Lahore, but could achieve little because of the timely action of Malik Sikandar Tuhfā, the newly appointed governor of Lahore. Unable to make much headway against the Delhi armies all by himself, Jasrat invited Amīr Shaikh 'Alī³³ of Kabul to help him in fighting the Sultanate. Luckily the latter was unable to come at that moment to Hindustan and the danger disappeared as quickly as it had dawned.