Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s2.18

c9.s2.18

Tājul Mulk's exploits of a.d. 1414-15 had been impressive, but they had failed to yield any permanent results. No sooner had he turned his back, than the region returned to old conditions and the chiefs and zamindars withheld payment of tribute. They had learnt the trick of bowing before a transitory storm, and then to resume their old ways. But Khizr Khan was determined on their subjugation. Unlike Iqbāl Khan he did not fight against far-off kingdoms like Jaunpur, but concentrated his attention on the region of Katehār (140 miles east of Delhi), Etawah (200 miles south-east) and Gwalior (190 miles south of Delhi) and the region within this range he decided to bring under effective control even if it meant sending yearly expeditions for collecting revenue.