And in the year 833 H. (1429 A.D.) Mubārak Shāh went to Gwāliār by way of Baiāna, and having taken the Rāprī district from the son of Ḥasan Khān gave it to Malik Ḥamza, and returned ^294. to the city (Dihlī). On the way thither Saiyyid Sālim, who had served Khiẓr Khān for thirty years,* and held the fief of Tabar-hinda, died. The title of Saiyyid Khān was conferred upon one of his sons, and that of Shujā‘u-l-Mulk upon the other.* And Fūlād, a Turkbacha slave, one of the servants of the aforesaid Saiyyid Sālim, raised a rebellion in Tabarhinda and took posses­sion of the enormous wealth which had been amassed by Saiyyid Sālim. Mubārak Shāh imprisoned the sons of Saiyyid Sālim, and appointed Malik Yūsuf Sarūr and Rāi Hansū Bhatī* to oppose him (Fūlād). Fūlād Turkbacha made a night attack upon them and scattered their forces, and much valuable booty fell into his hands. Mubārak Shāh led an army against Tabar-hīnda, and the Turkbacha slave was besieged there. Mubārak Shāh summoned ‘Imādu-l-Mulk from Multān, and sent him with a message to the Turkbacha slave, who, after suing for quarter, came out from the fort and had an interview with ‘Imādu-l-Mulk, but did not rely upon his assurances, and returned in alarm to the fort and continued to fight. Mubārak Shāh permitted ‘Imādu-l-Mulk to proceed to Multān and himself returned to Dihlī. The slave (Fūlād) continued to engage in battle at intervals with the troops of Mubārak Shāh during the six months during which he was absent. At last he sent considerable sums of money* by way of presents to Shaikh ‘Alī Mughul who was the ruler of Kābul. Shaikh ‘Alī accordingly came to his assistance from Kābul with a vast army, which was reinforced by a large number of men from the borders of the Panjāb. He removed the slave (Fūlād) together with all his family and relations from Tabar-hīnda and taking them with himself returned, and having crossed the river Bīāh came to Lāhor. Maliku-sh-Sharq Malik Sikander, governor of Lāhor, who used to pay a yearly tribute to Shaikh ‘Alī, discharged his obligation and induced him to turn his attentions elsewhere. Accordingly Shaikh ‘Alī passing by Lāhor without sacking it* made towards Depālpūr, and ‘Imādu-l-Mulk came out from Multān to oppose him. Shaikh ‘Alī taking the ^295. bank of the river Rāvī, proceeded to within a short distance of Ṭulumba,* and turning aside from thence came to Khūpūr.* (‘Imādu-l-Mulk) fought with Shaikh ‘Alī but was defeated, and Malik Suleiman Shāh Lodī, who was with the advance guard of the army of ‘Imādu-l-Mulk, fell in this battle;* [and Shaikh ‘Alī came to Khusrūābād and for a long time daily engagements were fought between him and ‘Imādu-l-Mulk].*

And in the year 834 H. (1430 A.D.) Mubārak Shāh sent a vast army to the assistance of ‘Imādu-l-Mulk, and appointed Fatḥ Khān ibn-i-Sulān Muaffar Khān of Gujrāt to the command of that force. Shaikh ‘Alī was not able to stand against them,* so changed front, and retired under cover of night into an entrench­ment which he had thrown up around his position; when they surrounded his entrenchment he retreated towards Jhīlam, and having crossed the river there lost the greater part of his men by drowning, some were killed and some taken prisoners.* Shaikh ‘Alī and Amīr Muaffar proceeded with a certain number of men to the town of Shīwar;* all their baggage and property having been taken, the army of ‘Imādu-l-Mulk pursued them up to that point. Amīr Muaffar remained entrenched within the fortress while Shaikh ‘Alī set his face to go to Kābul. The victorious army abandoned the siege and returned to Dihlī. Multān was taken away from ‘Imādu-l-Mulk and given to Malik Khairu-d-Dīn Khān which led to great disturbances on the borders of Multān.

And in the year 835 H. (1431 A.D.) Malīk Sikander,* governor of Lāhor, set out to quell the rebellion which Jasrat Khūkhar had stirred up at the foot of the hills. Jasrat took him* unawares and engaged him in battle; Sikander falling into the hands of ^296. Jasrat Khūkhar was taken prisoner near Jālandhar. Jasrat took his prisoner to Lāhor and besieged the city, and Saiyyid Najmu-d-Dīn the regent of Sikander, and Malik Khushkhabr* the slave of Sikander, fought several battles with him. In the meantime Shaikh ‘Alī collected an army and again came on to the borders of Multān,* and assaulted Khūpūr,* taking prisoners the greater portion of the inhabitants of Jhīlam and its vicinity, and seized Ṭulumba, pillaging and despoiling all the inhabitants and making them prisoners; most of them he put to death, and took the rest of them, great and small, to his own country.

In the meantime Fūlād Turkbacha, who has been mentioned above, left Tabarhīnda and invaded the territory of Rāi Fīroz* who engaged him in battle and was slain, Fūlād sending his head to Tabarhinda.

In this year also the Sulān again led an army towards Lāhor and Multān; when he arrived in the vicinity of Sāmāna, Jasrat withdrew from in front of Lāhor towards the foot of the hills, and Shaikh ‘Alī also retired to his own country. Lāhor and Jālandhar were taken from Shamsu-l-Mulk and given to Nuṣrat Khān Gurgandāz, and Mubārak Shāh gave orders for the family and relations of Shamsu-l-Mulk to be removed* from Lāhor to Dihlī, whither he himself returned.

And in the year 836 H. (1433 A.D.) Mubārak Shāh once more hastened to Sāmāna* to put down the rebellion of Jasrat; when he arrived at Pānīpath he received intelligence of the death of his mother, who was called Makhdūma-i-Jahān (Mistress of the world), and turned back with a small retinue* to Dihlī, and having remained there ten days to perform his mourning for her, again joined his army, and detailed Yūsuf Surūru-l-Mulk to proceed to Tabarhinda to put down the insurrection of Fūlād. Mubārak Shāh after taking Lāhor and Jālandhar from Nuṣrat Khān gave them to Malik Allahdād Kālū Lodī. When* he arrived near Jālandhar, Jasrat, having crossed the river Bīāh, had engaged Allahdād Kālū* at Bajwāra,* and had defeated him. ^297. Malik Allahdād had fled to the hill-country.