Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s1.7

c8.s1.7

Iqbāl Khan had under his sway only the capital city and its environs. The empire had been parcelled out into independent kingdoms. Sindh and the Punjab were under Khizr Khan. Gujarat was ruled by Zafar Khan Wajīhul Mulk and Malwa by Dilāwar Khan. Nearer home, at Samana, ruled Ghālib Khan and at Bayana, Shams Khan Auhadī. Mahoba and Kalpi were under Mahmūd Khan, son of Malikzādā Fīrōz. In the east, the region from Qannauj to Bihar comprising of Sandilah, Dalmaū, Kara, Avadh, Bahraich and Jaunpur was under Mubārak Shāh Qaranfūl, an adopted son of Khwājā Jahān. Every one of these cast his greedy eyes on the Capital of the Sultanate.