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 468 MAN his generals, with an army to depose Islám Khan. But the latter, now openly rebelling, prepared to assert his independence. An engagement ensued, in which the king's forces were routed, and Ahmad ķhau put to flight. Meanwhile the hitherto impregnable fortress of Gwalior had at last been reduced, and now the king was at liberty to draw off bis troops and proceed with sufficient forces to punish the rebellious Islám Khan at Karra Manikpur. A'zam Humáyrún Lodi and Said Khan Lodi.—With the army before Gwalior were Azam Humáyún Lodi and Saíd Khan Lodi, younger sons of Prince Mubárak Lodi, former governor of Karra Mánikpur, and no sooner were these young nobles made aware of the king's intentions, then fear- ing his caprice, and alarmed lest they too, like Azam Humáyún Sherwani; should incur bis suspicions, they left the army and proceeded to Luck- now, where they were possessed of certain jágírs. Thence they sent word to Islám Khan at Karra Mánikpur to be of good courage, for that they intended to support him. Meanwhile Ibráhím Lodi despatched Ahmad Khan with a new army and a numerous staff for the coercion of the rebel Istám. Arrived at Báugarmau, a place in the Unao district, about 108 miles from Mánikpur, the force was suddenly attacked in the dead of night by Iqbál Khan, a slave of Azam Humáyún Lodi, who, with 5,000 horse, foil upon the camp, and, after considerable havoc, killing and wound- ing in every direction, made off safely under cover of the darkness and confusion, Hearing of this second disaster, the king was infuriated, and despatching a further reinforcement of 40,000 horse, he sent word to. his generals that if they did not now very speedily conquer Islám Khan, he would regard them as traitors themselves, for it was evident that they were not fighting with a will. At last the rival forces encountered each other, and a battle was inmi- pent. At this moment, a Pírzáda, named Shekh Rajjú Bokhári, of the line of the famous Sayyad Jalál-ud-dín, or Makhdúm Jahánián Jabangasht, placed himself betwcen the two armies, and entreated them to avoid blood- shed, and listening to the dictates of humanity, to settle their differences amicably. Thereupon Islám Khan proclaimed aloud that if the king would only release his father, Azam Humáyún Sherwáui, he was ready to withdraw from the field. An armistice being agreca upon, Islám Khan's proposal was transmitted to the king. True to his tyrannical character, however, the king refused compliance with the conditions: offered by Islám, and at the same time sent word to Dayá Khan Loháni, Governor of Behár, Nasir Khan Loháni, and others, to effect by any means the submission of Islám Khan. A battle ensued, and the rebels (if they may be so called) were defcated; Karra Mánikpur being re-annexed to the empire. This contest was really one between the emperor and his cousins, who claimed their share in the inheritance. Mánikpur was now at the height of its prosperity. During the whole government of the Lodi it was governed by a prince of the blood, and was some time the residence of the Amír-ul-Umra or prime-minister. Sultán Janed Birlas, the patron of Sher Khan, was the Governor of Karra Mánikpur during the first year of the Mughal Dynasty, and then the