Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.31

c8.s4.31

But of all the independent states, Jaunpur, with its capital of the same name situated on the river Gomti thirty-four miles north-west of Varanasi, was the most inimical to the Sultanate. Khwājā Jahān Sarwar, the Vazīr of the last Tughlaq king Mahmūd, was sent to Jaunpur in 1394 with the title of Malikul Sharq to suppress the rebellious chiefs of the east. He met with such astounding success that within a short time he brought under his control the vast region stretching from Kol in the west to Tirhut in Bihar in the east, and collected tribute due to the Sultān of Delhi from the ruler of Bengal. Although he did not assume independence, yet he cut off all connections with Delhi and did not send any help to Sultan Mahmūd at the time of Tīmūr's invasion. At his death in 1399 his adopted son Qaranfūl took the regal title of Mubārak Shāh, and issued coins in his own name.