The History of Fīrūz Shāh (Baranī) 7.22

7.22

To keep up a delusive show, and to implicate the great men of the preceding reigns, 'Ainu-l Mulk Multani, who had no kind of connection with the usurper, was entitled 'Alam Khan; the office of diwan was conferred on Taju-l Mulk. * * * In the course of four or five days preparations were made for idol worship in the palace. Jahariya, the murderer of Kutbu-d din was decked out in jewels and pearls; and horrid Parwaris sported in the royal harem. Khusru married the wife of the late Sultan Kutbu-d din; and the Parwaris, having gained the upper hand, took to themselves the wives and handmaids of the nobles and great men. The flames of violence and cruelty reached to the skies. Copies of the Holy Book were used as seats, and idols were set up in the pulpits of the mosques. * * * It was Khusru's design to increase the power and importance of the Parwaris and Hindus, and that their party should grow; he therefore opened the treasury and scattered money about. * * * Calling himself Sultan Nasiru-d din, the base-born slave had his title repeated in the khutba, and impressed upon coins. For the few months (that he reigned) he and his satellites thought only of overthrowing the adherents of the late Sultans, and they had no awe of any malik or amir except of Ghazi Malik, afterwards Sultan Ghiyasu-d din Tughlik Shah.