Twilight of the Sultanate c11.s2.18

c11.s2.18

⁴⁷ According to Yahyā it was in Jamadiul Ākhir 830 H (March-April A.D. 1427) that Mahmūd Hasan was given Hisār Fīrōzā and Malik Rajjab Nadira was transferred to Multan (T.M.S., 206). At p. 213, however, Yahyā once again mentions that Hisār Fīrōzā was conferred upon Mahmūd Hasan after his return from Bayana. It appears that Mahmūd Hasan was constantly busy fighting and could not take charge of his assignment on the first occasion. But being highly favoured by the Sultan, he was once again confirmed in Hisār Fīrōzā. Mahmūd Hasan’s promotion was only on the grounds of merit. In the early years of Mubārak Shāh’s reign he had successfully fought Jasrat Khokhar. Later on he had made a stand against Shaikh ’Alī of Kabul. It were his capabilities as a soldier that Bayana, the key province, was given to him. Badaonī also says that the “fortress of Fīrōzā was confirmed to him”. Text, I, 293; Ranking, I, 387.