Twilight of the Sultanate c14.s5.17

c14.s5.17

¹¹³ T.A., III, 391. C.I.S.G., I, 210-11. According to Ferishta Sikandar Lodī recalled his army because Behjāt Khan delayed and made excuses about getting the Sultan's Khutba read and coins struck in his name at Chanderi, Ferishta, II, 265. Another version is that the presence of the Sultan's army in Sāhib Khan's (Muhammad's) camp frightened Sultan Mahmūd into agreeing to assign Bhilsa, Raisen and Dhamoni to Prince Muhammad, and the reconciliation rendered useless the presence of Sikandar's army in Muhammad's camp T.A., III, 392; Ferishta, II, 265. But reconciliation or no reconciliation, Sikandar Lodī, who was trying to get the best advantage out of the struggle, would not have recalled his forces until the threat from Medinī Rai was there.