Some time afterwards he heard that there was in the vicinity of Bardár* a hill of earth, through the midst of which a large river flowed and fell into the Satladar (Sutlej). This river was called Sarsutí. On the hither side of the mountain there was a stream called Salímah. If the mountain of earth were cut through, the waters of the Sarsutí would fall into that stream; which would flow through Síhrind* (Sirhind) and Mansúrpúr, and from thence to Sannám, keeping up a perpetual supply. The water was brought, but some time was occupied in cutting through the hill. Sirhind, to as far as within ten kos of Sámána, was separated from the shikk of Sámána, and given into the charge of Malik Zíáu-l Mulk Shamsu-d dín Abúrjá, to bring it into cultivation.* A fortress was built there, which received the name of Fírozpúr.

When the Sultán saw that the excavation of the mountain was* possible, he left the spot and went to Nagarkot, and after conquering it, he proceeded against Thatta. The Jám and Bábiniya were in possession of Thatta. By dint of great exertion the place was invested, and fighting went on for some time, but such a scarcity of provender and grain arose in the Sultán's army, that many men died, so that of necessity, and after a great struggle, he was obliged to retreat into Gujarát.

After the rainy season, he resolved again to march against Thatta. The fief (iktá') of Gujarát was placed under Zafar Khán, instead of Nizámu-l Mulk, who was dismissed and proceeded with his followers to the capital, where he afterwards became wazír of the State. On the Sultán's reappearing before Thatta, Jám and Bábiniya made their submission and waited upon him. They were graciously received, but were carried off with all the chiefs of the country to Dehlí. After having for a while shown obedience, the Sultán reinstated the Jám in the fief (iktá') of Thatta, and sent him there in state.

In the year 772 H. (1370-1 A.D.), Khán-i Jahán died, and his eldest son Jaunán Sháh attained the dignity of Khán-i Jahán. In 773 Zafar Khán died in Gujarát, and his eldest son succeeded him in the fief. In 776, on the 12th of the month of Safar, Prince Fath Khán died at Kanthúr. The Sultán was greatly affected by his death, and his constitution received a manifest shock.

In 778 H. (1376-7 A.D.), Shams Dámaghání offered forty lacs of tankas in excess of the revenue paid for Gujarát, 100 elephants, two hundred Arab horses, and four hundred slaves, children of Hindu chiefs (mukaddam bachagán), and Abyssinians annually. Malik Zíáu-l Mulk Malik Shamsu-d dín Abúrjá was deputy (of the governor) of Gujarát, and an offer was made to confirm it to him on his consenting to these enhanced terms. But he knew he could not pay them, and that Shams Dáma-ghání had made an extravagant offer, so he refused to accept. Shams Dámaghání then received a golden girdle and a silver palankín, and was appointed to Gujarát as deputy of Zafar Khán. When he arrived in Gujarát, wild dreams and fancies entered his brain, and he raised the standard of rebellion, for he found that he could not raise the increased revenue and tribute which he had undertaken to pay. At length the new amírs (amír-i sadah) of Gujarát, such as Malik Shaikhu-l Mulk Fakhru-d dín, rebelled against Shams Dámaghání in the year 778 H., and having slain him they cut off his head, and sent it to Court. His revolt was thus put down. During the prosperous reign of this good and gracious sovereign, his justice and equity had such an effect over every quarter of his territories, that no rebellion had ever broken out, and no one had been able to turn his feet from the path of obedience until the revolt of this Shams Dámaghání, and he quickly received the punishment of his perfidy.

The frontiers (sarhadd) of the empire were secured by placing them under the charge of great and trusty amírs. Thus on the side of Hindustán, on the Bengal frontier, the fief (iktá') of Karra and Mahoba, and the shikk of Dalamau, were placed under the charge of Maliku-s Shark (Prince of the East) Mardán Daulat, who received the title of Nasíru-l Mulk. The fief (iktá') of Oudh and Sandíla,* and the shikk of Kol were placed under Malik Hisámu-l Mulk and Hisámu-d dín Nawá. The fief of Jaunpúr and Zafarábád was given to Malik Bahrúz Sultání. The fief of Bihár to Malik Bír Afghán. These nobles showed no laxity in putting down the plots of the infidels, and in making their territories secure. Thus the Sultán had no anxiety about the safety of these parts of his dominions; but on the side of Khurásán there was no amír capable of withstanding the attacks of the Mughals. He was therefore compelled to summon Maliku-s Shark Nasíru-l Mulk from Karra and Mahoba, and to send him to Multán, in order to put down and punish the assaults of these accursed foes. The fiefs (iktá's) of this quarter were conferred upon him, and the fief of Hindustán, that is to say Karra and Mahoba, was also ordered to be confirmed to Maliku-s Shark Shamsu-d dín Sulaimán, son of Malik Mardán Daulat. After the murder of Dámaghání, the fief of Gujarát was granted to Malik Mufarrih Sultání, who received the title of Farhatu-l Mulk. ^{* * *}

In the year 781 H. (1379 A.D.), the Sultán made a progress towards Sámána, and when he arrived there, Malik Kabúl Kurán Khwán, amír of the privy council and chief of Sámána, presented his tribute, and the Sultán showed him great favour. Passing from thence through Ambála and Sháhábád, the Sultán entered the hills of Saháranpúr, and after taking tribute from the Ráís of Sirmor and the hills, he returned to his capital. Just at this time information came of the rebellion of Khargú, the Hindu chief (mukaddam) of Katehr.* This Khargú had invited Saiyid Muhammad, who held the fief of Badáún, and his brother Saiyid 'Aláu-d dín, to a feast at his house, and had then basely murdered them. In 782 H. (1380 A.D.), the Sultán proceeded there to avenge this murder, and ravaged the district of Katehr. Khargú fled, and took refuge in the mountains of Kamáún, in the country of the Mahtas.* The Sultán also attacked them. ^{* *} Every year he used to proceed to Katehr, ostensibly to hunt, and that country became so devastated that nothing but game lived there.

In 784 H. (1382 A.D.), he built a fortress at Beolí, seven kos from Badáún, and called it Fírozpúr, but the people named it Púr-i ákhirín (the last town). The Sultán now grew old and feeble, for his age was nearly ninety years, and Khán-i Jahán, the wazír, exercised unbounded authority. All the affairs of the State were in his hands, and the maliks and amírs were entirely subservient to him. If any one opposed him, he got him removed from the presence of the Sultán in any way he could. Some he killed, others he put in confinement. At length it came to this, that whatever Khán-i Jahán said the Sultán used to do. So the affairs of the kingdom fell into disorder, and every day some loss occurred. One day Khán-i Jahán represented to the Sultán that Prince Muhammad Khán had allied himself to certain nobles such as Daryá Khán, son of Zafar Khán, amír of Gujarát, Malik Ya'kúb Muhammad Hájí, master of the horse [etc., etc.], and was on the point of raising a rebellion. As the Sultán had given over everything to the charge of the Khán, he, without thought or consideration, gave the order that they should be taken into custody. When the prince heard this, he did not come to the palace for several days, and although Khán-i Jahán sent for him, he made excuses. Then the Khán, upon the pretext of a balance of accounts, kept Daryá Khán, son of Zafar Khán, amír of Mahoba, confined in his house. This alarmed the prince still more, and he made a statement of his position to his father. The Sultán gave orders for the dismissal of Khán-i Jahán, and for the release of Daryá Khán. The prince having done this, Malik Ya'kúb Beg, master of the horse, brought out all the royal horses, and Malik Kutbu-d dín Farámurz, keeper of the elephants, brought out the elephants with their howdas and armour, and took them to the prince. The slaves of Sultán Fíroz, the amírs, and other people of the city, also joined the prince.