Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s1.78

c15.s1.78

The treatment meted out to Shahzādā Jalāl Khan is equally revolting. After his departure from Gwalior the prince had gone to seek shelter with Maḥmūd Khaljī II of Malwa. At that time Maḥmūd was fighting for his life and throne against Medinī Rai, his Vazīr and councillor, who had become all powerful in Malwa. Maḥmūd could hardly pay any attention to Jalāl Khan, and the latter retired towards the east. When he arrived at Garha Katanga⁷¹ near Jabalpur, its Gond king Sangrām Shāh⁷² imprisoned him and sent him to Agra⁷³ to gain the goodwill of the Emperor. Ibrāhīm Lodī held an impressive Darbār in which his brother was brought with his hands bound behind him. He was ordered to be incarcerated in the fort of Hansi where, it may be recalled, other brothers of Ibrāhīm Lodī were already imprisoned. On the way to Hansi, Jalāl Khan was murdered by poisoning.⁷⁴