Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s2.51

c13.s2.51

Bahlūl observed the truce for the stipulated period, from 1457 to 1461 (862-866 H). After its expiry he marched to Shamsābād,⁶⁰ took it from Jūnā Khan and handed it back to Rai Karan.⁶¹ What his further plans were one cannot tell. Probably after this success he wanted to march to Jaunpur, but an unfortunate incident at least marred his further progress. Finding the Sultan at Shamsābād, Narsingh Rai,⁶² son of Rai Pratap Singh, came to pay him respect. Some time previous to this Rai Pratap had wrested the kettledrum and standard from Dariyā Khan, who had felt bitterly humiliated. To avenge his insult he killed Pratap's son in Shamsābād. Because of this heinous crime, say Ferishta and Ni'āmatulla, Rai Pratap, Qutb Khan, son of Husain Khan Afghan, the governor of Rapri, and Mubāriz Khan deserted to Sultan Husain Sharqī. Bahlūl, who could neither punish his cousin Dariyā Khan Lodi⁶³ nor provide redress to Rai Pratap, could now hardly proceed further east and returned to Delhi.