Twilight of the Sultanate c14.s5.23

c14.s5.23

After the acquisition of Chanderi, the prestige of the Sultan rọse very high. Many other governors of the Malwa Kingdom tried to go over to Sikandar Lodī. It was in these circumstances that in A. D. 1516 (922 H)¹¹⁸ 'Alī Khan Nagorī, governor of Shivpur persuaded Daulat Khan, governor of Ranthambhor in the Malwa dominion, to surrender the fortress to Sultan Sikandar. Daulat Khan felt inclined to espouse the friendship of a stronger ruler, and promised to surrender Ranthambhor if Sikandar Lodī came in person to take its possession. But when the Sultan went up to Bayana for the purpose, Daulat Khan evaded handing it over to the Sultan at the instance of 'Alī Khan who was playing a double game. Sikandar was greatly annoyed at the duplicity of 'Alī Khan, but he did not do anything beyond relieving him of Shivpur and giving it to his brother Abu Bakr.¹¹⁹