The History of Mubārak Shāh 1.13

1.13

In all the chief mosques throughout the dominions the khutba was repeated in the names of the two sovereigns, and in the month of Sha'ban of the same year Muhammad Khan took his seat upon the throne in the palace of Jahan-numa. The titles and offices, fiefs, and allowances, pensions and gifts, and whatsoever had been enjoyed by any one during the late reign, were confirmed. Malik Ya'kub, master of the horse, was made Sikandar Khan, and received the fief of Gujarat. * * He was then sent with an army to Mahari against Khan-i Jahan. When this force reached Mahari, the accursed Koka seized Khan-i Jahan and sent him prisoner to Sikandar Khan, who killed him, and carried his head to Court. Sikandar Khan then departed to his fief of Gujarat, and the prince devoted himself to the duties of government. In the month of Zi-l ka'da of the same year, he went to the mountains of Sirmor, and there spent two months in hunting the rhinoceros and elk. While thus engaged, information was brought to him of the death of Sikandar Khan, whom Malik Mufarrih, amir of Kambay, and the new amirs of Gujarat, had risen against and slain. The retinue that had marched with him from Court, some of them wounded and some of them despoiled, returned home with Saiyid Sálár. When Prince Muhammad Khán heard this intelligence, he became thoughtful and anxious, and returned to his capital. But he was young and inexperienced, and he gave himself up to pleasure.