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Sultan Sarang became alarmed, and sent bis son Kamal Khan 
to make liis submission and to sue for peace. Sber Shah, however, 
took Kamal Khan into custody and sent him off as a prisoner to 
the fort of Gwaliar. After this Sultan Sarang was compelled to 
engage with the king’s troops. He was defeated, taken piisonei 
and beheaded. It is related that sixteen of his sons fell in this battle. 
Sultan Sarang was buried at Kewat, where his tomb still exists. 
XXYI. 
Sulta'n A'dam. 
(A. D. 1542, A. H. 949.) 
After the defeat and death of Sultan Sarang, Dangali was 
plundered and destroyed by the king’s troops. Sultan Adam fled 
with his family and took refuge in the Narh hills. Subsequently, 
he succeeded in gaining a victory over the royal troops and in 
driving them out of his country. He then repaired the fort of 
Pharwalah and established himself there. About this time, certain 
nobles belonging to the Court of Salim Shah rebelled against their 
master. Among them were the generals Shahbaz Khan and 
Saif Khan. The rebels were, however, defeated. They retired 
among the Gakk’hars and came to Pliarwalah. Here the Afghan 
tribe of Niazi joined them. Salim Shah on learning that Shahbaz 
and Saif Khan were at Pharwalah demanded them, but Sultan 
Adam refused to surrender them. On this, Salim Shah sent a 
large force under Mamara Klian to coerce the Gakk’hars, and to 
capture the rebels who were keeping alive the insurrection. 
Sultan Adam met the imperial troops near Manikyalah and Dodhar 
Mirza, but was repulsed and was obliged to retreat to Pharwalah 
where, with the assistance of the Dhunds, Sattis, and other tribes, 
he succeeded in gaining a signal victory over Salim Shah’s forces. 
General Mamara fell into the hands of the Gakk’hars and was 
detained as a captive in the fort of Pharwalah. 
Salim Shah with a view of suppressing for the future the dis¬ 
turbances excited by these insurgents, moved with an overwhelm¬ 
ing force and took up a strong position within the hills north of 
the Panjab where, for the purpose of stationing thanas, he built 
five forts, Mankot, Pashidkot, &c. As he had no friendly dis¬ 
position towards the Afghans (Niazi), he forced them for a period 
