Twilight of the Sultanate c6.s1.18

c6.s1.18

Though defeated in battle, Muhammad was not defeated in spirit. He retreated into the Doab, made Jalesar¹³ his headquarters, and began preparations for another war to wrest the crown. He sent his son Humayūn Khan to Samana to enrol fresh troops. Chiefs in the vicinity of Samana such as Malik Ziyāul Mulk and Malik Kamāluddīn Maīn were already with him. Now some other important nobles like the Shahnā (Superintendent) of Delhi, and the governors of Multan, Bihar, Avadh, and Qannauj, together with Rai Sumēr of Etawah and many other Rais joined him. He gave them titles and honours befitting their positions. Malik Sarwar, the Shahnā of Delhi, was made the Vazīr and given the title of Khwājā Jahān. Nasīrul Mulk, the Governor of Multan, was given the title of Khizr Khan (by which he was afterwards to be known as the founder of the Saiyyad Dynasty). Khawāsul Mulk, the Governor of Bihar, was made Khawās Khan and Saifuddīn became Saif Khan. Thus in the imminent civil war the whole of northern India became involved.