Twilight of the Sultanate c14.s2.2

c14.s2.2

But only twenty-four days²⁹ after his arrival at the capital he had to rush to the east where the Bachgotīs were reported to be creating disturbances. The Bachgotīs were a tribe of turbulent Rajputs descended from the Mainpuri Chauhans.³⁰ Their leader was Jūgā.³¹ At the instigation of Husain Sharqī he collected a large force of a hundred thousand horse and foot³² and rose in revolt in the east. The Bachgotīs drove out Mubārak Khan, governor of Kara, killed his brother Sher Khan and frightened Bārbak Shāh into hurrying to Kālā Pahār at Dariyābād.³³ Raja Bhēd (Bhēdachandra) of Bhatghora (Rewa),³⁴ who also seems to have been in league with the rebels, attacked Mubārak Khan Nūhānī when the latter was crossing at the ferry of Jhusi, a small town across the Ganga opposite Allahabad, and imprisoned him.