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far as Bherah. He rendered himself of great assistance to the 
emperor in furnishing supplies to the army. On taking leave, 
the emperor made him a handsome present and conferred upon 
him the title of Sultan. This title was retained by the Gakk’hars 
chiefs up to the close of their supremacy. 
Hati Khan was poisoned by his wife at the instigation of Sultan 
Sarang his cousin, and the son of Malik Tatar. 
XXY. 
Sulta'n Sa'rang. 
(A. H. 1530, A. H. 937.) 
Defeat and flight of Humayun. First reign of Humayun, A. D, 
1531. Bise of Slier Khan, A.D. 1535. Defeat and flight of 
Humayun, 1540. Birth of Akbar, A.D. 1542. Sultan Sarang 
was the greatest chief of all the Gakk’hars. He is even stated to 
have exercised kingly powers. Money was coined, and the khutbah 
read in his name within his dominions, which are said to have 
extended from the banks of the Indus to the Chanab. On the 
flight of Humayun, Kamran his brother ceded the Panjab to Sher 
Shah, and retired himself to Kabul. On leaving Labor, Kamran 
came to Dangali, and Sultan Sarang had the prince safely con¬ 
ducted across the Indus. When Sher Shah took possession of the 
Panjab and on arriving at the Chanab, he sent for Sultan Sarang 
and his brother Sultan Adam, but they refused to come, and sent 
word that they would only submit to Humayun and to no one else. 
Sher Shah, in A. D. 1540, laid the foundation of the fort of Bohtas 
in the neighbourhood of Jogf Tilla, on the banks of the Kalian 
stream, and having left an army of 12,000 men under the command 
of Saif Khan and Shahbaz Khan for the repression of the Gakk’hars 
and the protection of the high road, and also having appointed 
Sliaku Sultani to superintend the construction of the fort, returned 
himself to Dihli. Sultan Sarang harassed this force incessantly, 
but his attacks in no way interfered with the progress of the 
building, which was in due time completed. Sher Shah, having 
been informed that his troops at Bohtas were greatly thinned and 
harassed by the Gakk’hars, sent several times forces to chastise 
them, but at last finding them most troublesome, he came himself 
with a large force to the Panjab. On the approach of the king, 
