Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s1.7

c13.s1.7

A short time after, Malik Kālā died in a battle with the Niazīs. The orphan Ballū (for that was Bahlūl's pet name)⁶ was sent for by Islām Shāh to Sarhind to be brought up there. The lad was full of spirit and showed martial qualities. During Khizr Khan's rule, Bahlūl brought many recalcitrant parganas under control and on that account was rewarded with fiefs.⁷ Pleased with his talents, Islām Shāh married his daughter to him and began to favour him even more than his own sons.