governor at Dhar in A.H. 793/C.E. 1390-91. Dilawar Khan took the title of 'Amid Shah Da'ud and caused the khutba to be read in his name in A.H. 804/C.E. 1401-02, declaring himself independent and establishing the Malwa Sultanate. He passed his kingdom - the Malwa Sultanate - to his son Hoshang Shah upon his death in A.H. 809/C.E. 1406.

Dilawar Khan was a follower