Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s3.49

c13.s3.49

Even in his capital Husain Shāh did not find a safe refuge for Sultan Bahlūl was following him close at his heels. When the latter arrived near Jaunpur, Sultan Husain slipped to Qannauj by way of Bahraich. Bahlūl kept up the pursuit, went up to Qannauj and engaged his adversary on the banks of Rahāb or Kalī Nadī. In the battle, a "defeat which had become almost natural to Sultan Husain, again fell to his lot".¹⁰⁵ His regalia and insignia of royalty and his chief wife Bibi Khunzā,¹⁰⁶ daughter of the late Sultan 'Alāuddīn, fell into the hands of Sultan Bahlūl. But he treated her with all honour¹⁰⁷ and sent her back to her husband under an escort.¹⁰⁸ He himself returned to Delhi, determined more than ever on the complete subjugation of Jaunpur.