تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.11.1

11.11.1

ولما توفي السلطان علاء الدين أقعد ملك نايب ابنه الأصغر شهاب الدين على سرير

When the Sultan 'Alau-d din was dead, Malik Naib raised his younger son, Shahabu-d din, to the throne. The people took the oath of obedience to him, but Malik Naib kept him under his own direction, and after depriving Abu Bakr Khan and Shadi Khan of sight, he sent them to Gwalior. He also ordered their brother Khizr Khan, who was imprisoned in the same place, to be blinded. They were imprisoned, as well as Kutbu-d din, but the minister spared the sight of the latter. Sultan 'Alau-d din had two slaves, who were his personal attendants; one was called Bashir and the other Mubashir. The chief princess, widow of 'Alau-d din, and daughter of Sultan Mu'izzu-d din, sent for them, recounted the benefits which they had received from their late master, and said, "This eunuch, Malik Naib, has treated my children in the way you know of, and now he wants to kill Kutbu-d din." They replied, "You shall see what we will do." It was usual for them to pass the night near Malik Naib, and to enter armed into his presence. They went to wait upon him the following night in his Khurram-gah, as the Indians call a kind of room constructed of planks and hung with cloth. Here the wazir slept; — on the terrace of the palace during the rainy season. It so happened that he took the sword worn by one of these conspirators, brandished it, and returned it. The slave then struck him with it, and his companion gave him another blow. Then they cut off his head, and, carrying it to the prison of Kutbu-d din, and throwing it down at his feet, delivered him from captivity. The prince went and joined his brother, Shahabu-d din, and stayed with him several days, as if he had been his lieutenant, but at length he resolved to depose him, and carried out his design.