Twilight of the Sultanate c10.s2.21

c10.s2.21

⁵⁰ T.M.S., 218; Ferishta, I, 167. This remark of Yahyā throws much light on the position of the Punjab in which Mubārak Shāh was claiming to reassert his authority. Khizr Khan had been all obedience to Tīmūr and Shāh Rukh, but unlike his father, Mubārak Shāh seems to have cared little for Shāh Rukh (Ferishta, I, 167 lines 9-10). All the same from what Yahyā writes, and writes without an iota of doubt or hesitation, it is evident that annual tribute was remitted to Kabul from Lahore (T.M.S., 218). Shaikh 'Alī's nephew Muzaffar used to reside at Shorkot with a large force probably to collect and remit this tribute to Kabul, and the situation was none too flattering for the Sultan of Hindustan.