The Nāṣirī Generations 16: XV. — Khusru Malik Son of Khusru Shah, the last King of the Ghaznivide Dynasty.

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Khusru Malik Taju-d daula Sultan Jahan, the gentle king, mounted the throne at Lahore. This prince was exceedingly gentle, liberal, and modest, but fond of pleasure. He possessed many excellent qualities, but as he lived when the rule of his family came to an end, he was held in small esteem. With him closed the power of his house, and anarchy reigned in the country. All the nobles and officers of the State, both Turks and freemen, [atrák o ahrár] deserted him. The slaves and servants of the throne took the government into their own hands, while he indulged in luxury and pleasure.
Sultan Sa'id Mu'izzu-d daula Muhammad Sam came every year from Ghazni, continually increasing his hold upon Hind and Sind, till at length in A.H. 577 (1181 A.D.), he advanced to the gates of Lahore, where he took the elephant and the son of Khusru Shah and carried them off with him.
In A.H. 583 (1187 A.D.) he again advanced on Lahore and took it. He then dethroned Khusru Malik, sent him to Ghazni from whence he was subsequently sent to Firoz-Koh, which was the capital of the great king Sultan Ghiyásu-d din Muhammad Sam. By order of this monarch, Khusru Malik was kept a prisoner in the fort of Balrawán, in Gharjistan. When the war (húdisa) of Sultan Shah (of Khwarizm) broke out in Khurasán, the kings of Ghor were obliged to throw themselves into it, and they then put Sultan Khusru Malik to death in the year 698 H. (A.D. 1201). His son Bahram Sháh who was a captive in the fort of Saifrud in Ghor, was also slain. Thus ended the house of Nasiru-d din Subuktigin. The kingdom of Irka, the throne of Hindustan, and the country of Khurasan all fell into the possession of the Shansabaniya Kings.