Under him, the Yusufzai fought the Dilazaks and Sultan Awais Jahangiri Swati for the control of northern territories in the Dardistan region.
[3] To gain a foothold in Swat, Malak Ahmed Khan established family ties through his sister named Shahida Bibi in marriage to Sultan Awais Jahangiri Swati and as soon as opportunity offered by Bibi, Yousafzais assembled their forces and attacked Swat.
Orientalist Annette Beveridge recorded the following regarding Ulugh Beg and the head of the Yusufzai, Malik Sulaiman: "One day a wise man of the tribe, Shaikh Usman saw Sulaiman sitting with the young Mirza (Ulugh Beg) on his knee and warned him that the boy had the eyes of Yazid I and would destroy him and his family as Yazid had destroyed that of Prophet Muhammad.
Subsequently, the Mirza, having invited the Yusufzai to Kabul, treacherously killed Sulaiman and 700 of his followers.
Malak Suleiman Shah made three requests of Ulugh Beg, the third was that Ahmad Khan's life should be spared, this was the only request granted, The massacre took place in 1484, Ulugh Beg sensed that the Yusufzai were now too powerful to be defeated in the field after defeat in the battle of Ghwarah Margha.
Malak Ahmad Khan led the Yusufzai to the east settling in Dilzak lands.