Riyaz al-salatin 32.4

32.4

Sultan Ghiasu-d-din not finding strength in himself to stand an encounter, presented to the Emperor thirty-eight elephants, eighty thousand rupees, together with various valuables and other presents, and enlisted himself amongst the adherents of the Emperor. Sultan Shamsu-d-din Altamsh introducing there the Khutbah and the coin in his own name and bestowing on his eldest son the title of Sultan Nasiru-d-din, and entrusting to him the rule over the kingdom of Lakhnauti, and presenting to him the royal umbrella and staff, himself returned to the metropolis of Delhi. Sultan Ghiasu-d-din was just and liberal, and the period of his rule was twelve years.