Muntakhab al-tawarikh 44.1.4
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 44.1.4
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44.1.4
Then he brought his army in safety into security, and proceeding by way of Siwistan made for Dihli by continuous marches, and Ahmad Aiyaz, styled Khwaja-i-Jahan, who in the absence of the Sultan had urged the claims of an obscure child to the throne, and had given him the title of Ghiyasu-d-Din Mahmud Shah, appointing himself Vakil, after considerable argument, and much correspondence, by reason of his helplessness and dejection, by the mediation of Ashrafu-l-Mulk and the other nobles and grandees, came with bared head, casting his turban on his neck, to the neighbourhood of Hansi, and had an interview with the Sultan, who washed out the writing of his fault with the water of forgiveness, and made him over to the Kotwal of Hansi, and as for the party who had been his companions in this faction and opposition, he dispersed them all in different directions. At Sarsuti tidings arrived of the birth of Shahzada Fath Khan, whose son eventually became Tughlaq Shah, and the news of the death of Taghi also reached him there from Gujrat; and on the second of Rajab in the aforesaid year, he graced the throne of Dihli by his accession and made a fresh distribution of appointments. And in the year 753 H. (1352 A.D.) he went to the Sirmur hills for the purpose of relaxation and sport, and returned thence, and in the month of Rajab of this year Shahzada Muhammad Khan, who eventually obtained the title of Nasiru-d-Din Muhammad Shah, was born.