on his father's death, an emergency meeting of nobles chose jalal khan to be successor instead of his elder brother adil khan, since he had shown greater military ability. jalal khan was crowned on 26 may 1545 and took the title "islam shah". he was still worried that his brother would threaten his power and tried to have him captured. but adil khan evaded his grasp and raised an army. it marched on islam shah while he was at agra. in the battle islam shah came out victorious and adil khan fled, never to be seen again.