[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) › 54.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 54.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 54.1 - **Language:** English ### [54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.54.1) Who was known by the name of Nizam Khan, upon hearing the tidings of his father's decease, came in haste from Dihli to the township of Jalali, entered the camp and despatched the corpse of his father to Dihli. On Friday, the seventeenth of the year above mentioned, he ascended the throne in the palace of Sultan Firoz, which is situated on the banks of the Black water, with the concurrence of Khan-i-Jahan ibn-i-Khan-i-Jahan, and Khan-i-Farmali, and all the Amirs, and was addressed by the title of Sultan Sikandar. It is said that at the time of leaving Dihli, he went to Shaikh Sama'u-d-Din Kanbu, the spiritual guide of Shaikh Jamali, who was one of the greatest among the Ulama Shaikhs of his time, on pretence of taking an omen, for this reason that he feared lest the Shaikh might favour the claims of the other brothers, so making his customary daily walk a pretext, he enquired the meaning of the expression As'adak Allah from the Shaikh. 314. When he answered, It means may God Most High make you fortunate, he besought him saying, Kindly let this expression fall three several times from your auspicious lips; the Shaikh did so, then he arose and said I have gained my request, then he besought the Shaikh to assist him, and set out to go to the army, and after that his rule was firmly established, he left Dihli, and marched towards Rapri and Itawa to conquer the country, and spent seven months there. - [Previous: 53.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.53.8) - [Next: 54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.54.2) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.54) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.54.1) · Pramāṇa