Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s1.28

c15.s1.28

Having proclaimed himself the sole monarch of the Sultanate, Ibrāhīm despatched Āzam Humayūn Sarwānī to attack Jalāluddīn and reclaim the eastern districts. Sarwānī marched to Kalinjar,³³ which belonged to Jalāl,³⁴ and laid siege to it. Sultan Jalāluddīn immediately marched to its relief but before meeting Āzam Humayūn in battle, he addressed Malik Sarwānī a letter to this effect: "You are like a father or an uncle to me, and you know that I have committed no fault, and the breach of promise has been from the side of Sultan Ibrāhīm. The small portion of territory and wealth which he had decided to allot to me as my inheritance, on that also he has shut his eyes .... and broken the bond of affection.