Muntakhab al-tawarikh 21: SULTAN ARAM SHAH IBN QUTBU-D-DIN AIBAK

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After his father, succeeded to the throne: In the world no family remains without a master: If one departs, another takes his place: This too is the way with this deceitful world: The father departs, the son's foot is in the stirrup.
By the consent of the Amirs he marched from Lahore to Delhi. In the meantime Malik Shamsu-d-Din Iyaltimish, who was a servant and adopted son, and son-in-law of Sultan Qutbu-d-Din, had had tributary relations with Malik Nasiru-d-Din Qabacha, at the invitation of Sipah Salar 'Ali Isma'il, had come from Hardwar and Badaun to Dehli and had taken possession of the city and its country. When Aram Shah arrived in the vicinity of Dehli Malik Shamsu-d-Din came out against him in battle array, and Aram Shah was defeated. The duration of his reign was just a year.
All of us young and old are doomed to die No one remains in this world lastingly This is the way of the lofty sky. It holds In one hand a crown in the other a noose.