The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 1.36

1.36

The Sultan returned to Lakhnauti, and there ordered that gibbets should be erected along both sides of the great bazar, which was more than a kos in length. He ordered all the sons and sons-in-law of Tughril, and all men who had served him or borne arms for him, to be slain and placed upon the gibbets. Tughril had shown great favour to a certain kalandar, * * * and the Sultan went so far as to kill him and gibbet him, with all his followers. The punishments went on during the two or three days that the Sultan remained at Lakhnauti, and the beholders were so horrified that they nearly died of fear, I, the author, have heard from several old men that such punishment as was inflicted on Lakhnauti had never been heard of in Dehli, and no one could remember anything like it in Hindustan. A number of prisoners who belonged to Dehli and its neighbourhood were ordered to be put in fetters and carried to Dehli, there to receive their punishment. The Sultan remained some days longer at Lakhnauti. He placed the country under the charge of his younger son, Bughra Khan, to whom he granted a canopy and other royal insignia. He himself appointed the officials and feudatories (ikta'dars); but he gave to Bughra Khan all the spoils of Tughril Khan, excepting the elephants and gold which he took with him to Dehli.