Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s3.18

c9.s3.18

Early in the year A. D. 1421 (824 H) Khizr Khan marched into Mewat, where trouble was brewing. The Kotla of its erstwhile ruler Bahādur Nāhar was taken in the first assault and thoroughly sacked. Some recalcitrant Mewatīs escaped into the mountains while the others made their submission. Khizr Khan then turned towards Gwalior. During the march the loyal and veteran general Malik Tājul Mulk passed away on 13 January, 1421 (8 Muharram, 824 H).⁷⁹ He had rendered invaluable service to the Sultanate in the most trying times, and had almost killed himself with exertion in the act of bringing the recalcitrants to book. It was, therefore, in the fitness of things that Khizr Khan should bestow upon his eldest son Malik Sikandar Tuhfā the office of Vazārat and the title of Malikul Sharq (Lord of the East) enjoyed by Tājul Mulk.