Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s1.14

c7.s1.14

After a long and arduous march Amīr Tīmūr arrived on the bank of the Jhelum. Here he was informed of the treachery of Shihābuddīn Mubārak Shāh Tamīmī who had first surrendered to Pīr Muhammad but had subsequently changed his mind. He not only refrained from coming to pay his homage to the great conqueror, but he shut himself in the citadel which was protected by an almost impregnable moat.²³ Tīmūr laid siege of the fort and compelled Shihābuddīn to fly to Uchch.