Twilight of the Sultanate c11.s2.19

c11.s2.19

Taking advantage of the preoccupation of the royal armies in Bayana and Mewat, Jasrat Khokhar, who was lying low for the last five years, became restive again and laid siege to Kalanaur. Sikandar Tuhfā rushed from Lahore to the aid of its governor Ghālib Khan, and there defeated the rebel. But the event diverted Mubārak Shāh's attention from the western U.P. to the Punjab. In July 1429, Malik Rajjab Nadira of Multan died, and the governorship of Multan was restored to Mahmūd Hasan, who was given the title of Imādul Mulk or Pillar of the State. Having thus settled the affairs in the west, Mubārak Shāh again marched to Bayana in the winter of the same year. He also went to Gwalior, Hatkanth and Rapri on the usual revenue collecting expeditions. He transferred the charge of Rapri from the son of Hasan Khan to that of Malik Hamza. As he moved from Rapri, Saiyyad Sālim of Bhatinda breathed his last. His slave Faulād rose in rebellion and the Sultan had to rush to Bhatinda to deal with him. The situation became extremely complicated at the appearance of Shaikh 'Alī in the Punjab, first at the invitation of Faulād and later at that of Jasrat Khokhar. Consequently the Sultan could not look to the affairs in the east for four long years.