History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.29

c10.29

Ranking renders it thus: "And in the year 743 A.H. they put to death treacherously Malik Halājūn, Gulchandar Khakhar and Malik Tatar Khurd, the governor of Lahore, and when Khwajah Jahan came up against them, they came out to do battle with him, but the scoundrels suffered a severe defeat and were sorely punished."²⁴ This is not in agreement with the text. Firishta's account is less complete than that of Yahya and Badaoni. He writes: "In the year 743 A.H. Malik Chandar (Malik Haidar of Briggs) the chief of the Gakkars, rebelled and slew Tatar Khan, the viceroy of Lahore. Khwajah Jahan was sent against the rebels and he utterly defeated them."²⁵ Firishta makes two mistakes. He describes Malik Chandar as Chief of the Gakkars which is wrong, and gives unnecessary prominence to him, though he was only an abettor of the rebellion. Ibn Batūtah is our best authority for this rebellion. He was in Dihli, when the rebellion broke out, and says that his companions accompanied Khwajah Jahan to Lahore when he went there to suppress the rebellion.²⁶ Besides, he is substantially