Battle of Saraswati
The Battle of Saraswati was fought between two factions of the Delhi Sultanate in 1320, on the Delhi-Dipalpur route, at a place called Saraswati (or Sasuti), whose modern location is uncertain. Khusrau Khan, who had usurped the throne of Delhi, sent an army against a rebel faction led by Ghazi Malik Tughluq, the governor of Dipalpur. Tughluq's forces decisively defeated the imperial army, and Tughluq subsequently ascended the throne of Delhi under the regnal name Ghiyath al-Din. Background Khusrau Khan and Malik Tughluq served Sultan Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah, the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. Khusrau Khan was a slave-general and lover of the Sultan, while Tughluq was a noble who served as the governor of Dipalpur province. In 1320, Khusrau Khan killed Mubarak Shah, and usurped the throne. Ghiyath al-Din's son Fakhruddin Jauna initially joined Khusrau Khan's government, but later conspired against the new Sultan, and fled to Dipalpur, where his father organized a resistance against the new Sultan. Khusrau Khan sent a cavalry against Tughluq, leading to a battle. Isami, a 14th-century historian, calls the conflict the battle of Saraswati (or Sarsuti): the modern location of the battle is uncertain. According to chroniclers, the Dipalpur army passed by the