Twilight of the Sultanate c6.s1.27

c6.s1.27

Tired of constant warfare and encouraged by his recent victories, Abū Bakr decided to fight to a finish. He marched against Muhammad Shāh towards Jalesar in April-May, 1390 (Jamadīul Avval, 792 H).²⁰ He had hardly gone 30 miles (*20 kurohs*) when Muhammad with 4,000 light-horse arrived by another route at Delhi, stormed the Badaon Gate and entered the city. Abū Bakr returned to Delhi in all haste and chased Muhammad out. In these bloody conflicts the people suffered acutely. Muhammad did little to defend the inhabitants of Jalesar, and the population of Fīrōzābād, Delhi and the Doab suffered terribly during this civil war.