[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Dhikr al-mulūk](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk) › [Tarikh-i Hakki, of Shaikh ’Abdu-l Hakk (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk~en-elliot) › 1.1 # Dhikr al-muluk 1.1 Táríkh-i Hakkí, of Shaikh ’Abdu-l Hakk (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1.1 - **Language:** English ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk~en-elliot.1.1) Shortly after ascending the throne, Firoz Shah was murdered by his maternal uncle Mubariz Khan. Salim Shah had anticipated this, and had therefore asked his wife’s consent to kill her brother Mubariz, saying that if she did not accede to his proposal, she would not long see her son alive. The senseless woman did not believe his words, and would not give her consent; but it turned out as Salim Shah had predicted. Firoz Shah reigned not more than three days and five hours. After his murder, all his Afghan relations claimed the throne. One assumed the title of Sikandar, another of Sultan Ibrahim, and a third of Sultan Muhammad ’Adil. The rivals contested the point amongst themselves most pertinaciously for three or four years, when, at length, in the month of Shawwal, in the year 963, the Huma of Humayun again spread the wings of its prosperity and good luck over the kingdom of Hindustan. The dust of distress which had long obscured the beautiful face of the kingdom was washed away by the water of peace and union, and the heart of the country was invigorated by a new infusion of life. Joy and gladness, gratitude and boundless hope, were diffused among all people, both high and low, rich and poor. - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk~en-elliot.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk~en-elliot.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk~en-elliot.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.dhikr-al-muluk~en-elliot.1.1) · Pramāṇa