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Gazetteer Of Ulwar 1878, 1878
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1Several historians, including the great conqueror himself, make prominent mention of the conduct of Bahádar Náhar during the invasion of Timurlang in A.D. 1398. Timur states that he sent an embassy to Bahádar Náhar at Kotila, to which a humble reply was received. Bahádar Náhar sent as a present two white parrots which had belonged to the late Emperor. Timur remarks that these parrots were much prized by him. Subsequently Bahádar Náhar and his son, together with others who had taken refuge in Mewát, came to do homage to Timur. Amongst these was Khizar Khán, who so ingratiated himself with the Mughal that, after the departure of the latter, he, calling himself Timur's viceroy, became virtually emperor of Hindustan, and mention is made of his besieging Bahádar Náhar in Kotila, which he destroyed, and compelled the Mewáttís to take refuge in the mountains, A.D. 1421.*
3This is the last mention of Bahádar Náhar, who seems to have played a prominent part on the political stage for more than thirty years. The range of hills where he had established himself was peculiarly well suited for defence (see Tijára), and on them he and his family seem to have had a series of strongholds, the ruins of which are still considerable.
5The viceroy, Khizar Khán, was succeeded in A.D. 1421 by Saiyad Mubáarak, who, in A.D. 1424, ravaged rebellious Mewát. The Mewáttís "having laid waste and depopulated their country," took refuge in the mountains of "Jahra,"† a place which was so strong that the Emperor had to return to Dehli without taking it. A year after he again marched against Mewát, when Jallú and Kaddú,‡ grandsons of Bahádar Náhar, and several Mewáttís who had joined them, pursued the tactics adopted the previous year, and after laying waste their own territories, took up a position at Indor in the Tijára hills, ten miles north of Kotila. After resisting for some days, they were driven from Indor, which the Emperor destroyed. The insurgents retreated to the mountains of Ulwur, the passes of which they defended with much obstinacy, but eventually they had to surrender. These repeated expeditions against the Mewáttís did not render them quiet, and four months after the attack on Ulwur the Emperor had again to send troops against them. These troops carried fire and sword throughout the whole of Mewát,§ which, however, remained a place of refuge to escaped prisoners.
7In A.D. 1427, the Emperor, after putting to death Kaddú Mewáttí above mentioned, sent troops into Mewát, the inhabitants of which as usual abandoned their towns and fled to the mountains. Jallú (Bahádar
9* Brigg's Farishta, vol. i. p. 495, and Musalman Historians, vol. iii. p. 449, and vol. iv. pp. 35, 53.
10† No doubt Tijára, the initial letter of which was omitted.
11‡ I can find, local tradition notwithstanding, historical mention of only one son of Bahádar Náhar who seems to have been of any account. This was Mubáarak Khán, who with his father's old ally Mallú Yakbal Khán, was assassinated by him.
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