A History of Agriculture in India v2.c67.s2.6

v2.c67.s2.6

Babur embarked on his fourth expedition to India in A.D. 1524 on the invitation of Daulat Khan Lodi, the powerful Wazir of the Punjab. He marched into the valleys of the Jhelum and the Chenab, and became the master of both Lahore and Dipalpur. Much to the disappointment of Daulat Khan, who had invited Babur to serve his political ends, Babur now proclaimed the major part of what subsequently became the Lahore and Multan subas of the Mughal Empire as part of his Kabul kingdom. He appointed his own governors over these areas and offered Daulat Khan the petty governorship of the Jullundur doab. Little wonder that no sooner Babur went back, Daulat Khan raised a big army to fight him.