[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) › 41.5 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 41.5 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 41.5 - **Language:** English ### [41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.41.5) Sultan Tughlaq Shah taking Bahadur Shah with him, victorious and triumphant returned to Dihli, and proceeding by double stages made forced marches. Ulugh Khan upon hearing this news gave immediate orders for the erection of a lofty and noble palace near Afghanpur which is at a distance of three kurohs from Tughlaqabad. It was completed in three days, so that Sultan Tughlaq Shah might alight there, and having passed the night in it and having rested might depart thence at an auspicious moment and alight at Tughlaqabad. The Sultan arrived there and Ulugh Khan having gone out to meet him with all the nobles and grandees, spread a banquet of welcome. The Sultan gave orders for the elephants which he had brought with him from Bengal to be raced, and as the foundation of the New Palace was new and unsettled the palace began to shake and totter with the tramp of the elephants. When the people became aware that the Sultan was mounting with all haste, they hurriedly came out from the palace, without even washing their hands. The Sultan Tughlaq Shah was engaged in washing his hands and so did not come out. In consequence he washed his hands of life and the palace fell in upon him. - [Previous: 41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.41.4) - [Next: 41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.41.6) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.41) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.41.5) · Pramāṇa