Muntakhab al-tawarikh 33.3.6

33.3.6

When he arrived to do obeisance to his father, the chord of fatherly affection was stirred in the heart of the Sultan, he clasped his son to his breast, and kissed him several times on the forehead, and motioned to him to go and see his mother. Khizr Khan went thither, and Malik Naib out of villainy, on the instant went back to the Sultan and filled his ears with lies, saying, ‘Khizr Khan has now come for the second time to the palace with evil intentions without orders, and the Sultan takes no notice of the matter.’ The Sultan upon this occasion gave orders to send both brothers, Khizr Khan and Shadi Khan, to the fortress of Gwaliar. Malik Naib, after these two heirs had been deported, and the way was clear for Malik Shihabu-d-Din, the son of the Sultan by another mother, who was yet a lad of tender years, made him heir-apparent and exacted from him an agreement. After two or three days the Sultan’s life became intolerable through his affliction, and he would willingly have purchased a breath at the price of a world, but it was not to be had. Verse. Sikandar, who held sway over a world, At the time when he was departing, and was quitting the world. It could not be as he wished, though he would have given a world could they have given him in return the brief respite of a moment. The mint of existence was emptied of the coin of life. This event took place in the year 715 H. (1316 A.D.). The duration of the reign of Sultan 'Alau-d-Din was twenty-one years.