ugh als ▁defeated ▁S ik and ar ▁Shah ▁S uri ▁and ▁finally ▁reg ained ▁control ▁over ▁Del hi ▁and ▁A gra . ▁ ▁Islam ▁Shah ' s ▁right ful ▁successor , ▁his ▁ 1 2 - year - old ▁son , ▁F iro z ▁Khan , ▁had ▁been ▁murder ed ▁by ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁uncle , ▁who ▁had ▁taken ▁the ▁throne ▁as ▁Ad il ▁Shah ▁S uri . ▁The ▁new ▁r uler ▁was ▁however , ▁more ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁pleasure ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁his ▁state . ▁Those ▁were ▁largely ▁left ▁to ▁Hem u , ▁an ▁old ▁H indu ▁associate ▁of ▁Sher ▁Shah ▁S uri ▁from ▁R ew ari , ▁who ▁had ▁ris en ▁from ▁hum ble ▁circumstances ▁to ▁become ▁both ▁Ad il ▁Shah ' s ▁Chief ▁Minister ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁S uri ▁army . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁Beng al ▁when ▁Hum ay un ▁died ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁January ▁ 1 5 5 6 . ▁The ▁M ug hal ▁em peror ' s ▁death ▁provided ▁an ▁ideal ▁opportunity ▁to ▁Hem u ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁M ugh als ▁and ▁rec laim ▁lost ▁territory . ▁ ▁Hem u ▁started ▁a ▁rapid ▁march ▁from ▁Beng al ▁and ▁drove ▁the ▁M ugh als ▁out ▁of ▁Bay ana , ▁E ta w ah , ▁B har th ana , ▁B id h una , ▁L akh na , ▁S amb hal , ▁Kal pi , ▁and ▁N arna ul . ▁In ▁A gra , ▁the ▁governor ▁ev acu ated