Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 78.1.2

78.1.2

Mahomed Shah ascended the throne of the Deccan in his ninth year; and the affairs of government were conducted as in the reign of his late brother by Khwaja Jehan and Khwaja Mahmood Gawan, under the direction of the Queen-mother. Ahmud, the King's younger brother, had an ample separate establishment for his support Khwaja Jehan took the especial charge of the King's education, who made great progress in his studies under Sudr-Jehan Shoostery, a celebrated scholar of that age, so that, next to Feroze Shah, he became the most learned prince that ever filled the Bahmuny throne. Khwaja Jehan, acquiring great power and influence in every department of the state, usurped the sole direction of affairs. He deprived many old nobles of their estates, giving them to creatures of his own elevation; and he also peculated largely out of the royal treasury, contriving to keep his colleague, Khwaja Mahmood Gawan, employed on the frontiers, so that he could interfere but little in the administration.