!)84 Account of lite Town and Palace of Feerozabad, [Sept. 



war raged every where ; and a scene was exhibited unheard of before, 

 of two kings in arms against each other, residing in the same capital . 

 Tartar Khan, the son of Guffur Khan of Guzerat, and Fuz-oolia 

 Bulkhee, entitled Kootloogh Khan, joined the prince Noosrut at Fee- 

 rozabad. Mookurrib Khan and other chiefs espoused the cause of 

 Mahmood Togluk, (in Dehli it is presumed,) while Bahadur Naheer, 

 and Mulloo Yekbal Khan, with a strong body of troops occupied the 

 fort of Secree, and remained neuter, but were prepared to join either 

 party according to circumstances. Affairs remained in this state for 

 three years with astonishing equality ; for if one monarch's party had, 

 at any time, the superiority, the balance was soon restored by the 

 neutral chiefs." Here again we have inferential proof, that although 

 not so large as Dehli, and perhaps not so strongly fortified, Feerozabad, 

 or at least its palace, must have been a place of strength and import- 

 ance to be able to hold out so long against Mahmood Togluk and his 

 party. 



Shortly after the above extract we find the following in Ferishta : 

 " In Dehli, Mulloo Yekbal Khan, having disagreed with Mookurrib 

 Khan, abandoned the cause of Mahmood Togluk, (in Dehli) and 

 sent a message to Noosrut Shah (in Feerozabad) offering to join 

 his party. This proposal was readily accepted ; the parties met and 

 went to the palace of Secree" (so that Bahadur Naheer, the Mewatee, 

 must either have heen previously expelled, or have joined this party, 

 which is more probable) ' ' where they swore mutual friendship on the 

 Koran at the tomb of Khwaja Kootab-ood-deen Bukhteear Kakee." 

 (The mention of this fact is most important as it is almost the only 

 allusion, in Ferishta at least, on which to ground a certain inference as 

 to the exact position of Secree.) '-A quarrel now took place between 

 Mahmood Togluk and Mookurrib Khan ; and about three days after, 

 another rupture occurred between Mulloo Yekbal Khan, and Noosrut 

 Shah, when the former, regardless of his oath, formed a conspiracy to 

 seize the latter. Noosrut Shah informed of the plot, thought it advisa- 

 ble to quit the palace of Secree, and Mulloo Yekbal Khan, intercepting 

 his followers in his retreat, took all his elephants, treasure and bag- 

 gage ; while the unfortunate Prince, being in no condition to keep the 

 field, fled to his vizier, Tartar Khan, at Paneeput. Mulloo Yekbal 

 Khan, having obtained possession of Feerozabad, increased his power, 

 and strove to expel the king Mahmood, and his partisan Mookurrib 



