The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 7.12

7.12

* * * After he returned from Deogír, no human being, whether friend or stranger, dared to boldly advise him upon the affairs of his realm. The violent, vindictive spirit which possessed him led him to kill Zafar Khán, the governor of Gujarát, who had committed no offence; and thus with his own hands to uproot the foundation of his own supremacy. A short time after, he caused to be decapitated Malik Sháhín, one of his vile creatures, to whom he had given the title of Wafá-e Mulk, and whom he had once made his vicegerent. * * He cast aside all regard for decency, and presented himself decked out in the trinkets and apparel of a female before his assembled company. He gave up attendance on public prayer, and publicly broke the fast of the month of Ramazan. Malik 'Ainu-l Mulk Multani was one of the greatest nobles of the time; but he caused him and Malik Karádbeg, who held no less than fourteen offices, to be assailed with such filthy and disgusting abuse, by low women, from the roof of the palace of the Hazar-sutun, as the occupants of that palace had never heard before. In his recklessness he made a Gujarati, named Tauba, supreme in his palace, and this low-born bhand would call the nobles by the name of wife or mother, would defile and befoul their garments, and sometimes made his appearance in company stark naked, talking obscenity. * * *