Twilight of the Sultanate c6.s2.31

c6.s2.31

⁴⁹ Jaunpur's history may be traced from the time when Gaharwār Rajputs ruled at Manaich, which was the chief town in the district which was later to include the capital of the Sharqī kings. In A.D. 1321 (721 H), during the reign of Ghayāsuddīn Tughlaq, his third son Zafar seized Manaich, which was changed to Zafarābād, and given to him as a jagir by the monarch. It was later on held by Sahibzādā Nāsir Khan, a natural son of Fīrōz Tughlaq. Fīrōz Tughlaq founded the city of Jaunpur on the Gomtī during his return march from Bengal rebellion in A.D. 1359-60 (760 H) in memory of his cousin Jūnā Khan later known as Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq. In A.D. 1394 Malik Sarwar Khwājā Jahān was appointed as its governor. J.R.A.S. 1905, 139-40; J.A.S.B., XVIII, 1922, Numismatic Supplement, xxxvi 10n-14n; District Gazetteer, Jaunpur, 150.