Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s4.26

c15.s4.26

Knowledge of these transactions prompted Ibrāhīm Lodī to make preparations to face the situation. He suspended his operations against the rebels in the east, and sent an army under Bīhar Khan, Mubārak Khan Lodī and Bhīkhan Khan Nūhānī to the Punjab.¹³⁷ Its task was to bring the rebel Daulat Khan to book, as well as to repel any foreign invader. The imperial commanders drove out Daulat Khan from Lahore and occupied it. Meanwhile Bābur, having marched through Khyber and reducing the whole country up to Lahore, stood before it (1524). Ibrāhīm's army, which had recently occupied the city, gave him battle, but it was defeated. Bābur sacked Lahore and then burnt it.¹³⁸ Four days later he marched to Deopalpur, attacked it and put the garrison to the sword.