The Afghan History of Khān Jahān 1.2.1

1.2.1

Thus Malik Bahlol took possession of Dehli, without hindrance or opposition; and on the 17th of the month Rabi'u-l awwal, A.H. 855 (19th April, 1451), at the prosperous moment and auspicious time which the astrologers learned in the stars, and experienced Brahmans had indicated, he seated himself on the Imperial throne, and ordered the khutba to be read and coin to be struck in his own name. He assumed the title of Sultan Bahlol; and did his best to conciliate the nobles and soldiery, and gain the goodwill of great and small, by his extreme liberality and generosity. He won the people over to his side, and when he had secured a firm hold on Dehli, after some days, he wrote to Sultan 'Alau-d din, saying, "Since I was educated by your father, and consider myself as in fact your regent for this country, I will allow the royal power, which had left your hands, to remain as it was; and I will not prevent the khutba from being read in your name." Sultan 'Alau-d din wrote in reply, "As my father looked on you as his offspring, I likewise have looked on you as my elder brother, and have therefore made over the government to you, and contented myself with Badaun." Sultan Bahlol, being successful and prosperous, ruled the empire with vigour. He wrested the parganas bordering on Dehli from the people who had usurped them, and took them into his own possession. He also, in the first year of his reign, went to settle the province of Multan.