Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s2.49

c9.s2.49

The investment went on for six months.⁶¹ The rebellion of such an old and trusted nobleman, who had a number of friends and supporters in the royal camp, was not easy to deal with. It was reported that Amīrs and Maliks such as Qawām Khan, Ikhtiyār Khan⁶² and many officers of Mahmūd Shāh were sympathising with the rebel. To isolate them from Mahābat Khan, Khizr Khan raised the siege even when "victory was imminent".⁶³ On his way to Delhi he invited all the suspected nobles, including Qawām Khan and Ikhtiyār Khan, to a function arranged on the banks of the Ganga and there got them done to death.⁶⁴