In this year the Sulān brought an army into Mīwāt against Jalāl Khān, and from thence despatching a force to operate towards Gwāliār and Itāwa, returned (to Dihlī). In this same year Shaikh ‘Alī coming down into the Panjāb again caused disturbances there. Mubārak Shāh accordingly nominated ‘Imādu-l-mulk to reinforce the Amīrs of that district. Shaikh ‘Alī invaded the country from Shīwar to the banks of the Bīāh, and taking great numbers prisoners and plundering, went to Lāhor. Zīrak Khān and the other Amīrs* who were in Lāhor fortified themselves there, and fought repeated engagements with him, till, one night, the inhabitants of Lāhor were careless about their guards and sentries, and Malik Yūsuf Surūru-l-Mulk and Malik Isma‘īl under cover of night succeeded in joining Zīrak Khān; then sallying from the fort,* gave battle and were defeated. Shaikh ‘Alī pursued them, some of the fugitives were put to death, and some were taken prisoners. The following day Shaikh ‘Alī took Lāhor and put to death great and small,* and taking many prisoners remained there. And after some days, he came to Debālpūr, which Malik Yūsuf Surūru-l-Mulk was intending to abandon. Malik ‘Imādu-l-Mulk* on hearing of this despatched his brother Malik Aḥmad from Tabarhinda to the fort of Debālpūr with orders to hold it. Shaikh ‘Alī becoming aware of this returned from that direction: Sulān Mubārak Shāh proceeded as far as Sāmāna in order to quell these disturbances.* From Sāmāna he proceeded to Talaundi and thence to the ford of Pūhī, where he crossed the the Bīāh and came to Debālpūr. Thence he marched along the banks* of the Rāvī, and Shaikh ‘Alī crossed the Jhīlam and fled,* Mubārak Shāh pursued him as far as the fortress of Shīwar and crossed the Rāvī near Ṭulumba.* Amīr Muaffar ^298. Khān, brother's son to Shaikh ‘Alī, who was holding the fort with Shaikh ‘Alī's troops, fought against the king for a month, and at last sued for quarter, and gave his daughter together with a large amount of money and valuables to the prince. A part of Shaikh ‘Alī's forces who were besieged in Lāhor sought quarter from Shamsu-l-Mulk and evacuated the fort. As soon as Mubārak Shāh had completed the affair of Shīwar and the conquest of Lāhor, he procceded with a small retinue to visit the holy shrines of the Shaikhs at Multān, and returning almost immediately came to Debālpūr and remained there for some days. Having regard to Shaikh ‘Alī (as a source of danger), he gave the districts of Lāhor and Debālpūr to Maliku-sh-Sharq ‘Imādu-l-Mulk, and taking away the districts of Baiāna from ‘Imādu-l-Mulk he gave them to Shamsu-d-dīn. Marching thence in light order by forced marches, he reached Dihlī on the day of the ‘Īd-i-Qurbān* and conferred the office of vazīr upon Sarwaru-l-Mulk and gave to Malik Kamālu-l-Mulk,* who was the Military Secretary (Nāib-i-La shkar), charge of the civil administration in conjunction with Sarwaru-l-Mulk.

There was a hypocritical bond of fellowship between these two,* inasmuch as Sarwaru-l-Mulk had a grievous thorn rankling in his breast on account of the deprivation of Debālpūr, and bore a grudge against Mubārak Shāh: so that at such a juncture, seeing that he had less than ever to hope from him, he entered on a course of secret treachery and deceit. He entered into a conspiracy with the sons of Kāngū Khatrī and Kajwī Khatrī and Mīrān Ṣadr Nāib-i-‘Arz, (who for generations had been protégés of the Mubārak Shāhī family, and held several high offices) and also with another party of Muslim vagabonds, to seek an opportunity of destroying Mubārak Shāh.*

And in the year 837 H. (1433 A.D.)* Mubārak Shāh built a city on the banks of the river Jamna,* and gave it the name of Mubārakābād (City of Prosperity), though in reality it should have been called Kharābābād (City of Ruin), and was so zealous in building it that he spared no pains in its superintendence. In ^299. the meanwhile news of the capture of the fortress of Tabarhinda reached the court, accompanied by the head of the slave Fūlād Turkbacha.* Mubārak Shāh could not contain himself for joy at this intelligence, and proceeded by forced marches to Tabarhinda* and returned thence speedily to Mubārakābād. In this year tidings arrived that hostilities were going on between Sulān Ibrahīm Sharqī and Alp Khān, governor of Kālpī, who had received the title of Hoshang.* Mubārak Shāh accordingly sent commands in all directions for forces to be collected and held in readiness to march towards Kālpī, and that they should assemble at the Court. At this juncture Mubārak Shāh persisted in his invariable custom of visiting the site of the new city in season and out of season. One day when he had ridden out there with a body of attendants without ceremony, and was preparing to say the Friday prayers,* the infidels under Mīrān Ṣadr, who had continually lain in wait for him at the instigation of Sarwaru-l-Mulk, seeking an opportunity (to slay him),* with one accord entered the private apartment of Mubārak Shāh on some pretext or another, and Sidh Pāl,* the grandson of the scoundrel Kajwī Khatrī, put that auspicious monarch to a martyr's death. This event took place in the year 837 H. The days of his reign were thirteen years three months and sixteen days.

Verse.

Wonder not at the vicissitudes of time, for the heavens
Retain a recollection of thousands of such stories as this.
Set not your affections upon that which passeth away, for the
river Dajla*
Will continue to pass by Baghdād, while many Khalīfahs
come and go.