Muntakhab al-tawarikh 45: SULTAN TUGHLAQ SHAH IBN FATIH KHAN IBN SULTAN FIROZ

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Ascended the throne of sovereignty and power by the consent of the Amirs in the year 790 A.H. (1388 A.D.) in accordance with the will of his grandfather, assuming the title of Ghiyasu-d-Din Tughlaq Shah, and despatched several famous Amirs to oppose Muhammad Shah towards the foot of the hills (of Sirmur). Mohammad Shah after fighting for a little betook himself to Nagar Kot, and the army of Tughlaq Shah on account of the difficulty of the way turned back (to Dihli) and Abu Bakr Khan son of Zafar Khan and grandson of Fath Khan, who was his brother’s son, being panic-stricken and terrified, went to his father, and Malik Ruknud-Din Chanda Wazir, in concert with other Amirs, made friends with Abu Bakr Khan, and killed Malik (Mubarak) Kabir in Firuzabad at the door of the goat house of Tughlaq Shah, and having pursued Tufahan Silah and Khan-i-Jahan the Wazir when they fled, put them to death and hung up their heads over the gate of the city; this event occurred in the month of Safar in the year 791 H. (1389 A.D.); the duration of the reign of Tughlaq Shah, was five months and eighteen days.
Verse.
[He laid low in the dust that rose of kingdom which the garden of the king Had cherished in its breast with endless care.]