A History of Agriculture in India v2.c63.s2.2
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c63.s2.2
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v2.c63.s2.2
After the departure of Timur, the neighbourhood of Delhi, and all those territories over which his armies had passed, were visited with pestilence and famine. All semblance of government in northern India was destroyed. For fifteen years there was no regular government at Delhi. In A.D. 1414 Khizr Khan, governor of the Punjab, who claimed to be a Sayyid, became the Sultan of Delhi. Khizr Khan ruled for seven years. He was succeeded by Mubarak Shah in A.D. 1421. Mubarak Shah was assassinated in 1434. He was followed by Muhammad-bin-Farid, who proved to be a worthless ruler.