History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.207.1

c11.207.1

As soon as the Sultan heard the news of the revolt, he suspended the settlement of Maharaśtra and proceeded towards Gujarat. In order to prevent the rebels from regaining their former position of advantage he appointed certain officers to look after the affairs in Devagiri. These were Khudāwand Zādah Qiwām-al-Din Shaikh Burhān Bilgramī whom Barani writes as Balarāmī and Malik Jauhar surnamed Zahīrr-al-Jayūsh. The Sultan thought that the rebellion of the ‘Centurions’ at Devagiri was not so serious as the disturbance in Gujarat, which, if neglected, might assume dangerous dimensions. Probably, the Sultan did not correctly estimate the strength which the *amirs sadah* had gathered at Devagiri. He did his utmost to restore order, but the stars in their courses fought against him, and every attempt that he made to put down disturbances resulted in failure. When he was in Gujarat on a previous occasion, he had energetically striven to restore order and peace, but the ‘Centurions’ had stirred up strife again, and the sediment that lies hidden beneath the lowest strata of society had again come to the surface during the period of turmoil. The sense of injured pride and personal cupidity led many a man to join the revolutionary movement that had begun in the country. There were nobles and chiefs who had old accounts to settle with Muhammad's government and desired vengeance for their alleged insults;