Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s4.36

c7.s4.36

Six days later Tīmūr sent his treasurer Hindu Shāh to Samarqand to announce his return.¹⁶⁷ Hunting rhinoceroses and tigers on the way he continued his march homeward. On 5 March (27 Jamadiul Ākhir) in his camp arrived the contingent¹⁶⁸ which he had sent to Lahore to chastise Shaikhā Khokhar. We have seen that after his defeat by Sārang Khan and expulsion from Lahore Shaikhā had made his submission to Tīmūr and joined his camp. But after the death of Sārang Khan at the hands of Tīmūr, he had fled from the latter's camp and reoccupied Lahore.¹⁶⁹ He had paid no attention to Hindu Shāh when the latter had passed through Lahore on his way from Samarqand to join his master in India. Worse still he had even made an attack on Tīmūr between Meerut and Hardwar. Tīmūr had consequently sent an expedition under Pīr Muhammad who on arrival at Lahore attacked the place, collected the ransom money and took prisoner Shaikhā Khokhar and his son Jasrat Khokhar.¹⁷⁰