Tarikh-i Daʾudi 1: Malik Bahlol invited to usurp the throne.

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Hamid Khan escaped and fled to Dehli, and pondered how he should elevate some one else to the throne in lieu of 'Alau-d din. He summoned two competitors for the crown — Kiyam Khan and Malik Bahlol. Both obeyed the summons with alacrity. Bahlol was at Sirhind, and hastened with the quickness of the wind towards Dehli, accompanied by a countless army. Kiyam Khan, hearing that Bahlol had the start of him, abandoned the journey on which he had set out.
Malik Bahlol paid his respects to Hamid Khan, who, on his very first interview, congratulated him upon obtaining the empire of Dehli, expressing his own determination to retain the wazarat. Malik Bahlol replied : — " I am a mere soldier, and cannot manage even my own country. You should be king, and I will be the commander of your troops, and obey any other injunctions you may have to issue." * * *
At last, after engagements had been entered into, he placed the keys of the fort before Bahlol, who acknowledged himself ready to undertake the service assigned to him. He professed to take charge of the city and its gates, leaving the government in the hands of Hamid Khan, and although the latter retained all the shadow of power, yet in reality all the royal establishments were usurped by Bahlol. So long as Hamid Khan retained any power, Sultan Bahlol thought it expedient to pay him extreme marks of deference, and went every day to pay his respects.