Muntakhab al-tawarikh 35: Sultan Shihabu-d-Din ibn ‘Alau-d-Din Khilji

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Who was a child, ascended the throne as a puppet in the month of Shawwal, 715 A.H. (1316 A.D.) by the exertions, and with the consent of Malik Naib, and was styled by the above title. He sent Malik Ikhtiyaru-d-Din Sanbal to the fortress of Gwaliar to put out the eyes of Khizr Khan and Shadi Khan. He also caused the mother of Khizr Khan, Malika-i-Jahan, to be imprisoned, and confiscated all her property, and having thrown the Shahzada, whose name was Mubarak Khan, into prison, intended to put out his eyes, but fate did not second his efforts.
When his attempts to uproot the family of ‘Alau-d-Din became known, two sardars named Mubashir and Bashir in concert with a body of paiks of the garrison of the Hazar Sutun palace, one night murdered Malik Naib.
Verse.
If thou doest evil, hope not for good, For never wilt thou gather grapes from thorns; I do not imagine that thou who hast sown barley in autumn When harvest comes wilt gather in wheat.
Then, having released Shahzada Mubarak Khan from prison, they appointed him to be Naib to Sultan Shihabu-d-Din in place of Malik Naib. Mubarak Khan carried on the affairs of the State for one or two months after that, and succeeded in conciliating the Amirs and Maliks. Then he sent Sultan Shihabu-d-Din to the fortress of Gwalior where he finally died in the year 716 H.
Verse.
No one has ever seen a trace of fidelity in Time, Everyone who seeks fidelity from Time is in error.
The Sirdars having put some of these paiks to death, scattered the rest of them in all directions.
Verse.
Good requites good, and evil meets with evil, This is the way of the world—requital of actions.
And the period of the reign of Shihabu-d-Din was three months and a few days.