Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s2.2

c15.s2.2

Ibrāhīm had inherited the animosity of Rana Sāngā from his father Sikandar Lodī. To do away with the dominance of Medinī Rai in Malwa, its ruler Mahmūd Khaljī II had sought help from the king of Gujarat and his nobles Behjat Khan and Muhāfiz Khan from Sikandar Lodī of Delhi to fight the forces of Sangrām Singh whom Medinī Rai had invited to come to his rescue. In the end the king of Gujarat was defeated, the forces of Delhi were compelled to retire, and Medinī Raī was reinstated.⁷⁹ That is how conflict between Mewar and Delhi had started. After the death of Sikandar Lodī the Sultanate was faced with a serious civil war between Ibrāhīm and his brother Jalāluddīn. Rana Sāngā could not fail to take advantage of the situation and started his encroachments upon the territory of the Sultanate.⁸⁰ Ibrāhīm immediately marched against the Raja, fought a hotly contested engagement at Khatoli near Gwalior,⁸¹ but had to beat a retreat. The Rajputs had scored a victory and had captured Ghayāsuddīn, a prince of the Lodī royal family, but Rana Sāngā had been crippled in this engagement. He had lost his left arm by a sword cut and an arrow had made him lame for life.