The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 3.8

3.8

Nizámu-d dín profited nothing by these counsels; his ambition to acquire the regal power made him blind and deaf. Every day he made some new move in the game, and sought to remove the Khiljís, who were obstacles in his road to sovereignty. Fate, however, derided these crude designs, and smiled upon the Khiljís. The Sultán himself became aware that Nizámu-d dín desired to remove him, and in fact his designs were patent to every one in Dehlí. While Kai-Kubád was sitting on the throne in Dehlí, his father, Bughrá Khán, at Lakhnautí, had assumed the title of Násiru-d dín, and had struck coins and caused the khutba to be read in his own name. A correspondence was kept up between the father and son, and messengers were constantly passing, carrying presents from one to the other. The father was informed of his son's devotion to pleasure, and of Nizámu-d dín's designs, * * * so he wrote letters of advice and caution to his son, * * * but the Sultán, absorbed in his pleasures, * * * paid no heed to his father's remonstrances, and took no notice of his minister's designs. Neither did he give the least attention to the business of the kingdom.