The Flight of Sultan Husain Sharki of Jaunpur, AD 1476 (litho)

The Flight of Sultan Husain Sharki of Jaunpur, AD 1476. From 1394 to 1493 Jaunpur, now in Oudh, was the seat of the famous Sharki (Eastern) Kings, who were powerful military commanders, great builders in a style of their own, and distinguished patrons of Persian and Arabic literature. The last of the line was the unlucky Sultan Husain, who was so uniformly beaten by Bahlol Lodi, the Pathan king of Delhi, that defeat was said to have become a second nature to him. Finally, in 1476, he fled to the Ilyas-Shahi King of Bengal, under whose protection he lived for many years. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.