Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s2.18

c8.s2.18

⁷³ Zafar Khan had first invaded Malwa to avenge the death of his friend Dilāwar Khan at the hands of his son Alp Khan, who had ascended the throne with the title of Hoshang Shāh. He had imprisoned Hoshang and occupied Dhar (Commissariat, *I*, 58). Similarly, true to his loyalty to Sultan Mahmūd to the last, Zafar Khan had planned to help him against Iqbāl Khan, and had stopped only on learning of his death at the hands of Khizr Khan. Now hearing that Sultan Mahmūd was threatened by the Sharqī king, Zafar Khan was bound for Jaunpur after settling scores with Hoshang Shāh. Ferishta, *I*, 160; Bayley, *Gujarat*, 85.