Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s3.3

c15.s3.3

Worse still, having heard of the cruel treatment of nobles like Sarwānī and Bhuā, Āzam Humayūn Lodī⁹² and Sʻaīd Khan Lodī fled from the Sultan’s camp to their Jagirs in Lakhnau, and joining hands with Islām Khan began to fan the flames of rebellion in the east. Because of their activities the whole of Avadh, from Kara to Qannauj, was up in arms against the Sultan.⁹³ Whatever the responsibility of the king in the creation of such a situation, he took immediate steps to curb the insurrection. He built up a large force and placed it under some young nobles as the older ones had proved to be undependable. The young commanders included Ahmad Khan, brother of Āzam Humayūn Lodī (in rebellion), sons of Husain Farmūlī, Dilāwar Khan, son of Ahmad Khan (recently defeated by Islām Khan), Qutb Khan, son of Ghāzī Khan Jalwānī, Bhīkan Khan Nūhānī, and Sikandar, son of Ādam Kākar.⁹⁴ Thus the royal commanders included officers of all tribes of Afghans. They might have been so selected as to keep a watch over one another. It also shows that the loyalists did not belong to any particular section and comprehended all sections of the nobility. The army was ordered to quell the insurrection.