Twilight of the Sultanate c10.s3.6

c10.s3.6

Mubārak Shāh was completely confounded at the turn of events, but he acted with unusual decision and promptitude. He sent the Vazīr, Sarwarul Mulk, with a large force in advance and himself followed with the army to Lahore *en route* to Multan in January, 1432. The Sultan's movements had a salutary effect. On his arrival in Samana, Jasrat raised the siege of Lahore and retreated into Talwara carrying with him the precious prisoner, Sikandar Tuhfā. Shaikh 'Alī also evacuated Tulamba and retreated towards Marwāt⁶³ on his way to Kabul.⁶⁴ Because of these developments Mubārak Shāh proceeded no further. He bestowed the fiefs of Jalandhar and Lahore on Khan-i-Khanān Nusrat Khan Gurgandāz (the Wolf Slayer), and deputed Sarwarul Mulk to escort the family of Sikandar Tuhfā from Lahore to Delhi.