Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s2.22

c13.s2.22

Meanwhile, encouraged by the success against a powerful king like Mahmūd, Bahlūl Lodī marched out with his army to obtain or compel the allegiance of the chiefs of the provinces round about. Mewat lay in the immediate neighbourhood and he marched to it first. Ahmad Khan Mewatī made his submission and gave seven parganas as a token of subservience. His uncle Mubārak Khan also entered the service of the Sultan. Bahlūl then went to Baran where Dariyā Khan Lodī, governor of Sambal, made a similar present of seven parganas. At Kol, ‘Isa Khan, at Burhanabad, Mubārak Khan the governor of Saket,⁴⁰ and at Bhongaon, Rai Pratap promised allegiance to the Sultan and were left in full possession of their territories. Only when Bahlūl arrived at Rapri did he meet with some resistance, for Qutb Khan, son of Hasan Khan, had shut himself up in the fort. The citadel was soon taken, but at the intercession of Khan-i-Jahān, Qutb Khan was pardoned and his Jagīrs were returned.⁴¹ Etawah also submitted without resistance.