Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s3.1

c13.s3.1

Sultan Husain Sharqī was determined to maintain the tradition of his warlike house. One of his first acts after accession was to put to death several officers who had headed a party against him. Now, the loss of Shamsābād and the defection of Rai Pratap and Qutb Khan prompted him to march against Delhi in A. D. 1463 (868 H). Sultan Bahlūl after a precipitate march-back met his adversary at Chandwār.⁶⁷ Skirmishes continued for a whole week and there was some shifting of loyalties, but at last through the exertions of the chief men of the two camps a three-year truce, on the usual condition that each party should be content with its own kingdom, was patched up.⁶⁸