[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) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 22.2.2 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 22.2.2 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 22.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [22.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.2.2) The writer of these pages heard this story from the lips of the Khalifah of the World, I And his mother Turkan Khatun, who was a Turkish slave girl, having gained absolute power, used to vex the other concubines of the Sultan against whom her envious heart burned, in various ways, and put to death Qutbu-d-Din the eldest son of the Sultan by another concubine. The treasury became empty, and Malik Ghiyasu-d-Din Muhammad Shah the younger brother of the Sultan, who was ruler of Oudh, refusing to acknowledge his authority revolted against him, and Malik ‘Izzu-d-Din and Kabir Khan Sultani governor of Multan, and Malik Saifu-d-Din feudatory of Hansi, entering into correspondence with one another raised the standard of opposition. Sultan Ruknu-d-Din Firoz Shah had arrived in the neighbourhood of Mansurpur and Tarayan with the intention of quelling this disturbance, and before this occurrence Nizamu-l-Mulk Junaidi the Wazir and Agent of the territory of Hindustan, fearing the Sultan had fled to Kilughari and had gone in the direction of Kol and joined hands with Malik ‘Izzu-d-Din Muhammad Salari; and other trusty Amirs who had remained in the army having fled from the vicinity of Mansurpur went to Dehli and having sworn fealty to Razziyah Khatun who was the eldest daughter of Sultan Shamsu-d-Din, and his heir apparent according to her father's will, and a woman endowed with excellent qualities, brave, generous, and intelligent, raised her to the throne and imprisoned Turkan Khatun. - [Previous: 22.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.2.1) - [Next: 22.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.2.3) - [Up: 22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.2.2) · Pramāṇa