Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s2.1

c8.s2.1

On receipt of the news of Iqbāl Khan’s death, Daulat Khan, Ikhtiyār Khan and other leading nobles of the metropolis sent a deputation to Sultan Mahmūd at Qannauj inviting him to Delhi.⁶⁰ Accordingly he arrived in the capital in December, 1405 (Jamadiul Ākhir, 808 H)⁶¹ and once more ascended the throne. He sent the family of Iqbāl Khan to Kol (modern Aligarh), but did not harm it in any way.⁶² Such treatment was indeed commendable in that age. Daulat Khan and Ikhtiyāruddīn received befitting rewards; the former was appointed governor of the Doab and the latter of Fīrōzābād.⁶³ About this time Iqlīm Khan, son of Bahādur Nāhar, brought presents and tendered his submission to the Sultan.⁶⁴