History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.76

c8.76

Hājjī-ad-Dabir quoting Husām Khan, writes that the Mughal chief encamped outside Dihli, and his troops ravaged the territories of Lahore, Sāmāna, and Badāon. Muhammad Shah entrenched himself in his fort and did not come out until the Mughals had departed from Dihli of their own accord owing to the devastation of the country.40 When the enemy had crossed the Indus, he went in pursuit of them as far as Kalanor and then returned. Firishta's account which is based upon some independent but unknown authority seems to be more worthy of credit. He states clearly that the Sultan, finding that he could not cope with the enemy in the open field, negotiated for a peace. Tarmāshirīn, having accepted valuable gifts in the shape of gold and jewels, which Firishta describes as ‘almost the price of the kingdom,’ returned to his own country through Gujarat and Sindh which were devastated by the Mughal soldiery. The *Haft-Risālah-i-Taqwīm-at-Buldān* also says that the Sultan paid a tribute to the Mughal chief whereupon he returned to his country. The disparity between Yahyā and Firishta is remarkable, and Husām Khan only partially corroborates Firishta when he says that the Sultan remained entrenched in his fort, and only came out when the Mughals had departed. Firishta's account is more probable, for Ibn Batūtah who was in Transoxiana either towards the close of 1332 A.D. or in the beginning of 1333 A.D. and who was the recipient of gifts and presents from Tarmāshirīn writes that friendly relations existed between the Sultan of Hind and the Chaghtai chief.41 Such relations would be impossible, if Tarmā-