Firoz led a campaign against Jajnagar and looted a lot of booty from temples such as the Puri Jagannath temple. He also marched against Nagarkot and made its ruler pay him tributes. During this campaign, the Sultan collected 1300 Sanskrit manuscripts from the Jawalamukhi temple library.
Mughal Emperor Babur’s daughter, Gulbadan Banu Begum wrote an account of her brother’s life, the Ahval-i HumayunBadshah or the Humayun Nama. The work throws light a feminist perspective and also raises questions on the genre of history writing.