The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 1.20

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Sher Khan had coerced and brought under his control the Jats, the Khokhars, the Bhattis, the Minas, the Mandahars, and other similar tribes; he had also shown himself able to give a good account of the Mughals. The nobles who succeeded him in his territories were unequal to these duties; the Mughals made head against them, and these frontier countries were exposed to their ravages. What the late Khan had effected in one decade, no one of his successors was able to accomplish. When Sultan Balban had secured himself in his dominions, and had removed all his rivals and opponents, and when he had appointed his own followers to the possessions of Sher Khan, he gave a royal canopy to his eldest son, proclaimed him his heir apparent, and made him governor of all Sind and the other dependent frontier districts. He then sent him with a large body of nobles and officials to Multan. The prince was a young man possessed of many excellent qualities; he was known in those days by the name of Muhammad Sultan, but the Sultan, on giving him this appointment, bestowed on him the title of Ka'am-l Mulk. He is commonly known as Khan-i shahid, "the Martyr Khan." In the early years of his father's reign he had held the territory of Kol and some districts dependent thereto. Here he exhibited many virtues and excellent qualities. Several of the old Shamsi slaves had given the name of Muhammad to their sons, and these all became famous.