Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 284.1

284.1

War continued with the King of Dehly. — Mahomed Shah becomes very cruel—puts his brother Hussun Khan to death. — His mother and his other brothers conspire against him. — A civil war prevails. — Mahomed Shah loses his life. — A truce concluded with the King of Dehly for four years, and an exchange of prisoners takes place. Mahmood was succeeded by his eldest son Bheekun Khan, who caused himself to be proclaimed King, under the title of Mahomed Shah Shurky. On his accession he formed a treaty with Bheilole Lody, which stipulated that each should retain what they then possessed. On his return to Joonpoor Mahomed Shah disgusted all ranks by his cruelty and irritable temper; which no one felt more severely than his mother, the Dowager-queen. He had not long been crowned, when Bheilole Lody marched towards Joonpoor, in order to effect the release of his cousin Kootb Khan, who was made prisoner during a night-attack on the Shurky lines at Shumsabad, and who had not been released. On this occasion one Purtab Sing, a zemindar, who owned allegiance to the Dehly government, dreading the power of Mahomed Shah Shurky, joined him.