Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 79.1.1

79.1.1

The minister strengthens the Deccany party in the government. — Yoosoof Adil Khan takes the lead of the foreign party. — A fray takes place between both parties. — A compromise ensues, and the foreigners quit the capital. — The minister and Kasim Bereed usurp the power of the state. — The King authorises their being assassinated — the attempt is made in the palace, but fails. — The minister becomes unpopular, and a second attempt to kill him succeeds. — The King abandons himself to wine and dissipation — converts the azure throne into drinking goblets and vases. — Kasim Bereed assumes the reins of government. — An attempt is made to murder the King, which is defeated by a few foreigners alone. — The King proceeds to the westward with Kasim Bereed to reduce Bahadur Geelany, who revolts in the Concan. — Bahadur Geelany killed. — The King returns to Bidur. — Plot to assassinate the minister fails. — The minister dies — is succeeded by his son Ameer Bereed, to whom the King becomes reconciled. — Death of Mahmood Shah. Mahmood Shah ascended the throne of the Deccan in the twelfth year of his age; and the officers then at court, such as Nizam-ool-Moolk Bheiry, Kowam-ool-Moolk, Kasim Bereed Toork, and others, took the usual oaths of allegiance, and the coronation was conducted with much ceremony. The Tukht Ferooza was placed in the grand hall of audience, and on each side of it a chair of silver.