The Nāṣirī Generations 57.4

57.4

After Khusrau Shah comes his son Khusrau Malik, or Malik Khusrau, as he is also styled. Yafa’i, Baizawi, Guzidah, and Fanakati say the dynasty terminated with Khusrau Shah, and make no mention of his son, as his successor. Perhaps they considered him as ruler of the Panjab only. The Tazkirat-ul-Muluk states that Khusrau Malik succeeded his father as ruler of the Panjab in 555 H., and was put to death in 583 H., after reigning twenty-eight years, while the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, which agrees in the date of his accession, says that he was immured in a fortress in Gharjistan in 583 H., and in 588 H. was murdered along with his son Bahram Shah, and the whole of the remainder of the Ghaznawi family then left. Rauzat-us-Safa, Habib-us-Seyr, Firishtah, and others say this occurred in 582 H., and Badauni, who merely gives this ruler a place “because the author of the Tabakat-i-Akbari does so,” as he remarks, says 583 H. Our author states that the Ghuris first appeared before Lahor in 577 H., and gained possession of it in 583 H., thus agreeing with some of the above statements, but mentions the year 598 H., as the year in which Khusrau Malik and all his family were murdered.