Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 104: AHMUD, THE SON OF SHAH TAHIR.

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The nobles unite with Meean Munjoo in raising Ahmud to the throne. — Yekhlas Khan institutes an enquiry into his origin. — His pretensions to royal descent disputed. — Meean Munjoo and his minion are besieged in the fort by Yekhlas Khan. — He obtains the release of Nehung Khan and Hubbush Khan, two chiefs confined in Dowlutabad; and being unable to obtain possession of the Prince Bahadur, the son of the late King, he procures a boy of the same age in the bazar of Ahmudnuggur, and proclaims him King. — Meean Munjoo sends a deputation to the Prince Moorad Mirza, the son of Akbur Padshah of Dehly, inviting him to march to Ahmudnuggur. — Dissensions among Yekhlas Khans party. — Meean Munjoo attacks and defeats it. — The Prince Moorad Mirza reaches Ahmudnuggur with an army of thirty thousand men. — Meean Munjoo resolves to oppose them — takes measures to defend the fort. — Leaves Chand Beeby there, and quits the fort with Ahmud Shah. — Chand Beeby procures the assassination of the governor of the fort, and proclaims her grand-nephew, Bahadur Nizam Shah, King. — Forms a regency. — Ahmudnuggur besieged. — Four pretenders to the throne. — Chand Beeby unites with one of the parties headed by Nehung Khan, an Abyssinian chief. — The King of Beejapoor sends a division of twelve thousand men to co-operate with Chand Beeby under Soheil Khan. — Meean Munjoo and Yekhlas Khan also join him. — The King of Golconda sends an army of six thousand cavalry to assist in repelling the Moguls. — The Moguls storm Ahmudnuggur. — Gallant defence of the garrison. — Intrepidity of Chand Beeby. — The Moguls are repulsed. — A treaty concluded, by which the Nizam Shahy state formally cedes the sovereignty of Berar. — The Moguls retreat. — The allies arrive at Ahmudnuggur. — The claims of Bahadur Shah established. — Chand Beeby appointed regent — and the late King Ahmud is provided with an estate by Ibrahim Adil Shah of Beejapoor.