[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) › 24 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 24: SULTAN ALAU-D-DIN MAS‘UD SHAH IBN RUKNU-D-DIN FIROZSHAH Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 24 - **Language:** English ### [24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.24) Having been released from prison by the consent of his uncles Sultan Nasiru-d-Din Mahmud and Sultan Jalalu-d-Din, the sons of Sultan Shamsu-d-Din Iyaltimish, became king at the end of the year already mentioned (639 H.), after that ‘Izzu-d-Din Balban (the elder) had occupied the throne for one day and had issued a proclamation. None of the Maliks or Amirs had been satisfied with this arrangement and reverted to Sultan ‘Alau-d-Din, and appointed Malik Qutbu-d-Din Hasan as Deputy, and Malik Muhazzabu-d-Din Nizamu-l-Mulk Wazir of the kingdom, and in the year 640 H. the Amirs of Sultan ‘Alau-d-Din Mas‘ud put to death Nizamu-l-Mulk the Wazir. ‘One should not desire brief kingship like that of the rose For a torrent speedily breaks down a bridge.’ The Wazirship was conferred upon Sadru-l-Mulk Najmu-d-Din Abu Bakr, and Malik Ghiyasu-d-Din Balban the younger who had at first been called Ulugh Khan and afterwards attained the dignity of Sultan, became Amir Hajib and in succession to him the governorship of Nagor and Sind and Ajmir was conferred permanently upon Malik 'Izzu-d-Din Balban, the elder, Budāon was conferred upon Malik Tāju-d-Dīn, and in this year 'Izzu-d-Dīn Tughān Khān who had advanced from Karrah to the neighbourhood of Lakhnautī sent Sharfu-l-Mulk al-Ash'arī to the Sultān 'Alāu-d-Dīn with a written despatch, the Sultān then sent a red canopy and a special robe of honour as well as one of the Governors of Oudh for 'Izzu-d-Dīn Tughā Khān who was in Lakhnautī, and having brought both his uncles aforementioned out of confinement, assigned the district of Qanauj to Malik Jalālu-d-Dīn, and Bahraich to Malik Nāsiru-d-Dīn Mahmūd, who acquitted themselves in those districts to his satisfaction. And in the year 642 H., the Mughal forces arrived in the district of Lakhnautī, the assumption is that the Mughals must have come by way of Tibat and and Sultān 'Alāu-d-Dīn sent Tīmūr Khān Qirān Beg to the assistance of Tughā Khān, and the Mughals were defeated. Hostility arose between Tughā Khān and Malik Qirān, Tughā Khān came to Dehlī, and Lakhnautī remained in the hands of Tīmūr Khān. In this year the Mughul army arrived in the vicinity of Uchh and assaulted it, and the Sultan proceeding by forced marches with all possible speed, reached the banks of the river Biah and the Mughuls raising the siege of Uchh took to flight; the Sultan on reaching Delhi took to arresting and putting to death to such an extent that the Amirs and nobles turned against him, and agreed to summon Malik Nasiru-d-Din Mahmud ibn Shamsu-d-Din from Bahraij, and upon his arrival at Delhi in the year 644 H they threw Sultan ‘Alau-d-Din Mas‘ud into prison and he speedily exchanged that confinement for the prison house of eternity. This is the way of the changeable world, In kindness it gives and it robs you in wrath. The duration of his reign was four years and one month. - [Previous: 23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.23.4) - [Next: 25.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.25.1.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.24) · Pramāṇa