Twilight of the Sultanate c11.s2.20

c11.s2.20

At last finding a break in the activities of Shaikh 'Alī, he ordered Imādul Mulk to Bayana and himself marched in November, 1432 (Rabiul Avval, 836 H) against Mewat, where Jalāl Khan Mewatī was again in revolt. On the Sultan's arrival at Taoru,⁴⁸ Jalāl Khan first shut himself up in the stronghold of Indūr, and later in the Kotla.⁴⁹ The Sultan made Tijara his headquarters and sacked the greater part of Mewat. Finding resistance futile, Jalāl Khan made his submission on the usual terms of a present payment and promise of good behaviour. Here at Tijara, Imādul Mulk rejoined the Sultan after having returned from the expedition to Bayana. Mubārak Shāh despatched Malik Kamāluddīn to bring Gwalior and Etawah to obedience and himself returned to the capital in January, 1433 (Jamadiul Avval),⁵⁰ only to march to the Punjab against Shaikh 'Alī, on whom he ultimately inflicted a crushing defeat.