Twilight of the Sultanate c6.s2.63

c6.s2.63

The news of the arrival of Pīr Muhammad and his occupation of Multan should have warned the rulers of Delhi and Fīrōzābād to sink their differences, but they continued to remain puppets in the hands of their intriguing nobles. The ambition of Mallū Iqbāl Khan, younger brother of Sārang Khan, knew no limits. He had owed his rise to Muqarrab Khan and Sultan Mahmūd, but resenting the dominance of his benefactor Muqarrab he leagued himself with Sultan Nāsiruddīn Nusrat Shāh "on a most solemn oath" in June-July, 1398 (Shawwāl, 800 H),⁷⁵ and both of them attacked old Delhi. When Iqbāl Khan could not take Delhi, he treacherously attacked Nāsiruddīn himself and occupied Fīrōzābād. A little later he managed to kill Muqarrab Khan also and obtained complete control of Delhi.