Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.32
Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.32
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In 1401 came to the throne of Jaunpur, Sultan Shamsuddīn Ibrāhīm Sharqī. Soon after his accession he was faced with an invasion by Mallū Khan and Mahmūd Tughlaq. Mahmūd deserted to Ibrāhīm's camp, but being unwelcome, he avenged himself by occupying Qannauj which was a part of the Jaunpur kingdom. But after Mahmūd left for Delhi in 1405, Ibrāhīm reoccupied Qannauj. Ibrāhīm Sharqī was a patron of art and letters, and during his long reign of forty years Jaunpur attained the height of prosperity.