And Sulān Ḥusain seeing that he was being very closely pur­sued, determined to make a stand at Rāprī, and once more peace was agreed to between them upon the old conditions, namely, that each should rest contented with the countries of which he was in possession, and should retire. Upon the conclusion of this peace Sulān Ḥusain remained at Rāprī, and Sulān Buhlūl at a place called Dhopāmaū'; and after a time Sulān Ḥusain again collecting an army came up against Sulān Bahlūl, and a fierce engagement took place in the vicinity of Sonhār.* Sulān Ḥusain again suffered defeat, a great deal of treasure and valuables beyond computation falling into the hands of the Lodī party, and was a means of increasing their influence and power. Sulān Buhlūl left Dhopāmaū' for Dihlī to mourn* for Khān-i-Jahān who had died in Dihlī, [and having conferred the title of Khān-i-Jahān upon his son, again returned to attack Sulān Ḥusain, and reaching Rāprī fought a battle in which he gained a victory];* and when Sulān Ḥusain took refuge in flight a number of his family and children were drowned in the Jamna. Sulān Ḥusain continued his march towards Gwāliār, and was still on the way when the rebel tribes of Hatkānt,* who are a clan of the Bhadaurīs, attacked his camp; Rāi Gīrat Singh, the Governor of Gwāliār came to the assistance of the Sulān offering his services, and having presented ^311. him with money and property, horses, camels, and elephants, with tents for himself and his troops, sent an army to accompany him, proceeding himself with the Sulān* as far as Kālpī; Sulān Buhlūl pursued him, and the two Kings* met in the neighbourhood of Kālpī and a considerable time was spent in hostilities. In the meantime Rāi Tilūk* Chand, the Governor of the country of Baksar,* came and offered his services to Sulān Ḥusain,* and enabled him to cross the Ganges at a place which was fordable. Sulān Ḥusain not being able to stand against him withdrew to Thatta,* and the Rāja of Thatta came to receive him, and having presented him with several laks of tankahs in cash, and other valuables,* together with several elephants, escorted him to Jaunpūr.

Sulān Buhlūl made an attempt to conquer Jaunpūr, accordingly Sulān Ḥusain leaving Jaunpūr went by way of Bahraich towards Qanauj, and engaged* Sulān Buhlūl for some time on the banks of the Rahab, and met with the defeat which had become a second nature to him. On this occasion his whole retinue and regalia fell into the hands of the Lodīs, while his chief wife Malika-i-Jahān, Bībī Khūnzā,* who was the daughter of Sulān ‘Alāu-d-Dīn, and the grand daughter of Khiẓr Khān, was taken prisoner;* Sulān Buhlūl treated that lady with the utmost respect and regard, and when he again attempted to conquer Jaunpūr, Bībī Khūnzā by some artifice effected her escape and joined her husband. Jaunpūr fell into the hands* of Sulān Buhlūl. He gave it to Mubārak Khān Lūhānī, and himself proceeded to Badāon. Sulān Ḥusain took the opportunity to march against Jaunpūr in full force: the Amīrs of Sulān Buhlūl evacuated it, and went to Qub Khān Lodī who was in Maḥjaulī,* and approached Sulān Ḥusain with expressions of fealty, and by pretending to take his part kept him at bay till reinforcements arrived from Sulān Buhlūl. Sulān Buhlūl sent his own son Mubārak Shāh to the assistance of these ^312. Amīrs, while he himself also set out* for Jaunpūr, following his son; Sulān Ḥusain not being able to stand against him went to Bihār. In the meantime tidings of the death of Qub Khān reached Sulān Buhlūl at the camp of Haldī,* and having per­formed the requirements of mourning for him, he proceeded to Jaunpūr, and after placing his son Barbak Shāh upon the throne of the Sharqī dynasty,* returned, and came to the Kālpī country, which he gave to A‘zam Humāyūn, another nephew, who had the name of Bāyazīd,* and having arrived at Dholpūr* levied several mans of gold as tribute from the Rāi of that place; then passing by Bārī went to Ilāhpūr,* one of the dependencies of the fortress of Rantanbhūr, and having laid waste that country came to Dihlī and remained there. Some time after this he hastened to Ḥīssār Fīroza, where he remained a few days and then returned to Dihlī. Once more he went to Gwāliār, where Rāja Mān the Governor of Gwāliār sent an offering of eighty laks of tankas of that period; accordingly Buhlūl confirmed him at Gwāliār, and proceeded to Itāwa, and was making his way back to Dihlī when he was taken ill in the neighbourhood of a township of the dependencies of Sakīt.* And in the year 894 H. (1488 A. D.) he died, the duration of his reign was thirty-eight years,* eight months and eight days.*

Verse.

Whether it be Afrāsiyāb or his son Zāl,
He will meet with chastisement at the hand of Fate.
To a cup whose measure the wine-bearer has appointed
^313. It is impossible to add a single drop, however much you may
strive.
Whether it be a king or a khas-seller*
Fate brings to his hearing the summons of death.
The date of his death*
In eight hundred and ninety and four
The world conquering Khedive, Buhlūl left the world;
With his sword he seized-provinces, but for all his bright
sword and burnished dagger,
He was not able to repel death.*