Tarikh-i Daʾudi 11.1.1

11.1.1

We have now come to the history of the sons of Sher Sháh, the enthronement of Jalál Khán, the younger son of Sher Sháh, and the account of his reign, under the title of Islám Sháh. It is related in the Akbar Sháhí, that when Sher Sháh rendered up his life to the angel of death in Kálinjar, Jalál Khán, his youngest son, was in the town of Rewan, in the province of Bhata, and his eldest son 'Ádil Khán, the heir-apparent, in the fort of Ranthur (Rantambhor). The nobles perceived that 'Ádil Khán would be unable to arrive with speed, and as the State required a head, they despatched a person to summon Jalál Khán who was nearer. He reached Kálinjar in five days, and by the assistance of 'Ísá Hajjáb and other grandees, was raised to the throne near the fort of Kálinjar, on the 15th of the month Rabí'u-l awwal, 952 A.H. (25th May, 1545 A.D.). He assumed the title of Islám Sháh, and this verse was engraved on his seal: "The world, through the favour of the Almighty, has been rendered happy, Since Islám Sháh, the son of Sher Sháh Súr, has become The common people call him Salim Shah. After ascending the throne, and inquiring concerning the ordinances of Sher Shah, he left some as they were, and changed others to suit his own ideas. On the day of his accession to the throne, he ordered two months' pay to be distributed in ready money to the army : one month of this he gave them as a present ; the other as subsistence money.