Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s1.70

c15.s1.70

Sultan Ibrāhīm had been greatly annoyed at the escape of Jalāl Khan and suspected in it the hand of his nobles at Gwalior including Āzam Humayūn Sarwānī. Therefore, a little before the reduction of Bādalgarh, he had ordered the recall of Āzam Humayūn Sarwānī and his son Fatēh Khan⁶⁵, and on their arrival at Agra had put both of them behind bars.⁶⁶ Although in the past Āzam Humayūn had made himself notorious by his shifting loyalties, yet he had made amends by faithfully serving the Sultan for many months past. Nay, even knowing what was in store for him, he had obeyed the orders of the Sultan and had returned to Agra.⁶⁷ Thus Āzam Humayūn’s complicity in Jalāl’s escape was perhaps only a baseless suspicion.