Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s1.19

c15.s1.19

Jalāl Khan now knew no peace. The enmity of the Amīrs of the eastern districts inspired by the order of Sultan Ibrāhīm to seize Jalāl and send him to the court,²⁶ had made the prince's position precarious. There was no alternative left for him but to publicly declare his hostility to Sultan Ibrāhīm. He held a coronation Darbār with great pomp and eclat,²⁷ and received anew promise of support from his partisans whom he lavishly rewarded. He assumed the title of Sultan Jalāluddīn, appointed Fatēh Khan, son of Āzam Humayūn Sarwānī, as his Prime Minister, and got the Khutba read and coins struck in his own name.²⁸ He reorganised his army, improved its accoutrements and also succeeded in gaining the support of the Rājās and Zamindars of the surrounding parganas.²⁹