Twilight of the Sultanate c6.s2.58

c6.s2.58

Sārang Khan had hardly recovered from the shock of defeat when, on his return to Multan, he learnt that Pīr Muhammad, grandson of Amīr Tīmūr of Khurāsān, having crossed the Indus had laid siege to Uchch. The governor of Uchch 'Alī Malik had held out for a month when Sārang Khan sent him a reinforcement of 4,000 horse under his deputy Malik Tājuddīn.⁷¹ To intercept this succour Pīr Muhammad lifted the siege of Uchch, attacked and defeated Tājuddīn at Taratama⁷² on the banks of the Sutlej and marching in his pursuit came up to Multan. He besieged Multan and after six months occupied it on 5 June, 1398 (19 Ramzān 800 H).⁷³ Sārang Khan, along with his family, was taken prisoner.⁷⁴