The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 7.17

7.17

The Sultán had quarrelled with Baháu-d dín, his secretary, about a woman, and this man, eager for revenge, was won over by the traitor. Before proceeding further with his designs, Khusru represented to the Sultan that he had been made a great man by his Majesty's favour, and had been sent on an important command into a distant country. The maliks and amirs had their relations and friends and adherents around them, but he had none; he therefore begged that he might be allowed to send unto Bahlawal and the country of Gujarat for some of his own connections. The Sultan, in his doting and heedlessness, gave the permission. Khusru then brought some Gujaratis, called Parwaris, and, pretending they were his kinsfolk, kept them near him, giving them horses and clothes, and entertaining them in grand state. The villain, in prosecution of his designs, used to call the chiefs of these Parwaris and some other conspirators round him every night, in the rooms of Malik Naib Kafur, to plot with him, and each of them used to propose the plan which his malignity suggested for killing the Sultan. Just at this time the Sultan went on a hunting excursion to Sarsawa, and the Parwaris proposed to execute their design in the field; but some of their leaders opposed this, arguing that if they slew the Sultan in the field, all his armed followers would collect and destroy the assassins. * * It seemed preferable to accomplish their purpose in the palace, and make that building their protection.