Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s2.7

c8.s2.7

Sultan Mahmūd had at last recovered control of Delhi after a lapse of seven years, but he had also inherited the problems of Iqbāl Khan. He was opposed by Ibrāhīm Sharqī on the east and Khizr Khan on the west, and he decided to settle scores with both. Delhi and Jaunpur had ever been suspicious and scared of each other, for the latter had come into being at the cost of the former and in spite of it. Delhi had never recognised the independence of Jaunpur, and, on the other hand, not a few Sharqī kings were keen to incorporate Delhi in their kingdom. Thus perennial conflict between the two became inevitable. Worse still, Ibrahīm had personally insulted Mahmūd by refusing him asylum and support.