Twilight of the Sultanate c12.s1.43
Twilight of the Sultanate c12.s1.43
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c12.s1.43
In such critical times the nobles of Delhi refused to pity the "king who was content to loiter in his palace while his kingdom dissolved". They decided to set matters right. They, together with the Khanzādās of Mewat, who were the ancestors of Hasan Khan Mewatī, invited Sultan Mahmūd Khaljī of Malwa to ascend the throne of Delhi.³⁵ In pursuance of this tempting invitation Mahmūd Khaljī started for Delhi in A. D. 1440 (844 H).³⁶ On the way he was joined by Yūsuf Hindwī of Hindwān. Establishing his power in Nāgor, Hansī and Hisār Fīrōzā,³⁷ he arrived in Delhi late in the year, and encamped at a distance of only two *kos* from the city.³⁸