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I found some thing interesting,
In his dying regrets Sher Shah confessed,
… I have three of four desires in my heart which will remain without accomplishment , and can not be eradicated except by death. One is, I wished to have depopulated the country of Roh, and to have transferred its inhabitants to the tract between the Nilab and Lahore, including the hills below Ninduna, as far as the Siwalik; that they might have been constantly on the alert for the arrival of the Mughals, and not allow anyone to pass from Kabul to Hind, and that they might also keep the zamindars of the hills under control and subjection......... Another is to have entirely destroyed Lahore, that so large a city might not exist on the very road of an invader, where immediately after capturing it on his arrival, he (Mughal leader) could collect his supplies…. Another is, to have built two fleets of fifty large vassals each, as commodious as sarias for the use of pilgrims from India to Mecca.....the last is ,to have raised a tomb to Ibrahim Lodi in Panipat , but on the understanding that opposite to it there should be another tomb of the Chaughtai Sultans, whom i have may have dispatched to martyrdom;....
(The History of India as told by its Own Historians, vol. 5, Tarikh-i-Jahan Lodhi, p. 108)
It is interesting to note that Mughal forces under humayun, to take back India in 1555, swept through Punjab between Nilab and lahore without opposition and he indeed gathered supplies from Lahore and his army rested there , after which Humayun met Sikander Shah Suri, one of the claimant of throne, on field. The present day Pakistani Punjab didnt act as barrier from invasions for Delhi Sultans since very early Mongol invasions and Sher Shah had the idea of ethnic transplanting to deal with the issue, by populating it with his warrior kinsmen who had the culture of fighting invaders. Why he didnt have the confidence of capturing Pakhtun belt and make it border for his empire instead of Punjab?. At Khushab, he invited tribal leaders from Roh (Pakhtunkhwa) to meet him, none came. The most powerful chief, Gaju Khan of Yousafzais, refused to swear allegiance to Sher Shah and was in mood of opposing his advances. Another powerful tribe Ghoria Khels (Khalils, Daudzais, Mohamands, chamkanis etc) were allied with Kamran Mirza , son of Mughal emperor Babur and ruler of Kabul (they fought against Humayun for kamran) . Sher Shah wisely avoided the troublesome belt and didnt advance beyond river Indus.Previous to him , Bahlol had Lodi had sent letters to tribes of Roh, to come to India and support his empire , it is said they swarmed into India like locusts. It seems Sher Shah had same Idea but more focal, instead of entire India, the plan was to settle them in Punjab for strategic reasons.
@ghoul, @save_ghenda
In his dying regrets Sher Shah confessed,
… I have three of four desires in my heart which will remain without accomplishment , and can not be eradicated except by death. One is, I wished to have depopulated the country of Roh, and to have transferred its inhabitants to the tract between the Nilab and Lahore, including the hills below Ninduna, as far as the Siwalik; that they might have been constantly on the alert for the arrival of the Mughals, and not allow anyone to pass from Kabul to Hind, and that they might also keep the zamindars of the hills under control and subjection......... Another is to have entirely destroyed Lahore, that so large a city might not exist on the very road of an invader, where immediately after capturing it on his arrival, he (Mughal leader) could collect his supplies…. Another is, to have built two fleets of fifty large vassals each, as commodious as sarias for the use of pilgrims from India to Mecca.....the last is ,to have raised a tomb to Ibrahim Lodi in Panipat , but on the understanding that opposite to it there should be another tomb of the Chaughtai Sultans, whom i have may have dispatched to martyrdom;....
(The History of India as told by its Own Historians, vol. 5, Tarikh-i-Jahan Lodhi, p. 108)
It is interesting to note that Mughal forces under humayun, to take back India in 1555, swept through Punjab between Nilab and lahore without opposition and he indeed gathered supplies from Lahore and his army rested there , after which Humayun met Sikander Shah Suri, one of the claimant of throne, on field. The present day Pakistani Punjab didnt act as barrier from invasions for Delhi Sultans since very early Mongol invasions and Sher Shah had the idea of ethnic transplanting to deal with the issue, by populating it with his warrior kinsmen who had the culture of fighting invaders. Why he didnt have the confidence of capturing Pakhtun belt and make it border for his empire instead of Punjab?. At Khushab, he invited tribal leaders from Roh (Pakhtunkhwa) to meet him, none came. The most powerful chief, Gaju Khan of Yousafzais, refused to swear allegiance to Sher Shah and was in mood of opposing his advances. Another powerful tribe Ghoria Khels (Khalils, Daudzais, Mohamands, chamkanis etc) were allied with Kamran Mirza , son of Mughal emperor Babur and ruler of Kabul (they fought against Humayun for kamran) . Sher Shah wisely avoided the troublesome belt and didnt advance beyond river Indus.Previous to him , Bahlol had Lodi had sent letters to tribes of Roh, to come to India and support his empire , it is said they swarmed into India like locusts. It seems Sher Shah had same Idea but more focal, instead of entire India, the plan was to settle them in Punjab for strategic reasons.
@ghoul, @save_ghenda
