History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.200.2

c11.200.2

After the death of Safdar Mulk, Sultan Muhammad made him superintendent (Shahnā) of the durbar (bārgāh) and afterwards appointed him to a rank in the army of Ahmad Ayāz Khwājah Jahān. One day he committed some offence for which he was ordered to be banished from the country and was taken to Cambay in chains to be shipped to Yaman to Malik-al-Mujāhid by sea. About this time occurred the rebellion of Qazi Jalāl and his confederates of which an account has already been given. Taghī was imprisoned in Cambay which was a large emporium of trade with Ajam and Arabia. In order to obtain his release, he sympathised with the inhabitants of the city and persuaded them to resist the rebels. He exerted himself also to organise resistance and succeeded in repelling the rebels. The Sultan was pleased with his efforts to restore order in the country and when he went to the Durbar, he pardoned him and restored him to his former position.¹⁰⁰ None of the later historians write anything about Taghī's early career.