Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s3.1

c8.s3.1

Khizr Khan had returned without achieving anything worth the name, but he had made a correct appraisal of the situation. He clearly saw the pecarious position of Sultan Mahmūd and was convinced that one day he would be able to defeat him and occupy Delhi. So from now onwards he made persistent efforts towards that end. In A. D. 1409-10 (812 H) he attacked Bairam Khan Turk-bachchā, who had gone over to Daulat Khan Lodī, and compelled him to allegiance. Next year he marched to Rohtak,⁷⁹ and although its governor Malik Idrīs held out for full six months without any reinforcements from Delhi, he was forced into submission.