Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 46.3.7

46.3.7

Yekhtyar Khan, who commanded in Ferozabad, seeing the desperate condition of the King's affairs joined Khizr Khan, and admitted him into the fort. Having united their troops, they occupied all the Dehly possessions in the Dooab, and prevented supplies from reaching the capital. A great draught had occasioned, at this time, a scarcity of grain and forage, both in the Dooab and in the vicinity of Dehly, insomuch that Khizr Khan was a second time forced to raise the siege, and retire to Futtehpoor. Mahmood Toghluk, being delivered from this imminent danger, took the diversion of hunting in the neighbourhood of Kye-tuhl, where he contracted a fever, and died in the month of Zeekada. With him fell the kingdom of Dehly from the race of Toghluk, the adopted slaves of the Emperor Shahab-ood-Deen Ghoory, who were of the second dynasty of the Mahomedan princes of India. The disastrous and inglorious reign of Mahmood Toghluk continued, from first to last, 20 years and two months. The nobles, soon after his death, elected, in his stead, Dowlut Khan Lody, an Afghan by birth, originally a private secretary, who, after passing through various offices, was raised by Mahmood Toghluk, and attained the title of Azeez-i-Moolik. Dowlut Khan Lody ascended the throne in the month of Mohurrum, A. H. 815, and began his reign, as usual, by striking the currency in his own name.