Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s2.56

c13.s2.56

After some time Bahlūl Lodi started for Multan in fulfilment of his promise to its ex-ruler Yūsuf Qureshī, leaving the charge of Delhi to Qutb Khan Lodī and Khan-i-Jahān.⁶⁴ We have seen that in the very year of his accession, Bahlūl had tried to go to Multan to re-establish his authority, but the Sharqī king had foiled his plan. All the same, his movements had terribly frightened Yūsuf Qureshī, the elected ruler of Multan, and he had started looking out for friends and supporters. One Rai Sehra, leader of the Langāh tribe of the Afghans, wrote many flattering letters to Yūsuf Qureshī, promising him support against Bahlūl Lodī,⁶⁵ and as a proof of his loyalty married his daughter to Yūsuf. Thereafter the Langāh chief used to pay frequent visits to Multan with a large retinue under the plea of seeing his daughter. About the year A. D. 1454 he marched with his army to Multan on the pretext of its "review" by the Sultan, but then threw off the mask, occupied the capital and took the title of Sultan Qutbuddīn Mahmūd Langāh. The people of Multan had no option but to submit to his rule.⁶⁶