To ‘Alauddin’s dislike of Zafar Khan, we may also attribute Khusrau’s omis­sion of another struggle with the Mughals, which took place sometime before the invasion of Kutlugh Khwaja. ‘In the same year that Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan were sent to Gujrat, Zafar Khan was despatched against Siwistan (Sehwan), which had been captured by Saldi and his brother and other Mughals. Zafar Khan invested the fort of Siwistan with a large army and made a way into it with the blows of his axe, sword, javelin and spear. No maghribis, manjaniqs or ‘iradas were brought into action; no pashib or gargaj was constructed; and though the Mughals from within shot such a shower of arrows on all sides, that even the birds of the air could not go near the fort, yet Zafar Khan captured it with his sword and axe. Saldi and his brother and all the other Mughals with their women and children were sent in yokes and chains to Delhi. This exploit established Zafar Khan’s prestige in the public mind and ‘Alauddin began to look askance at his generalship and fearless courage, which showed that a second Rustam had appeared in Hindustan. Ulugh Khan, whose achievement (the conquest of Gujrat) had been surpassed, also concieved a hatred for Zafar Khan. This year Zafar Khan held the territory of Samana. ‘Alauddin, who was extremely jealous by nature, was thinking of getting rid of him in one of two ways—either by showering favours on him and sending him to Lakhnauti with several thousand horse, so that he may seize that territory and send the Sultan’s elephants and tribute from there, or by having him poisoned or blinded.’*

Ferishta adds little to the above account. He calls the Mughal leader Chaldi and says that the Mughal captives sent to Delhi, apart from the women and children, numbered seventeen hundred.