تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.14.7

11.14.7

فلا يفارق السلطان في سفر ولا حضر فلما قصده تغلق وأصحابه حمى القتال بينهم وبين الهنود وانهزم أصحاب السلطان ولم يبق معه أحد وهرب فنزل عن فرسه ورمى بثيابه وسلاحه وبقى في قميص واحد وأرسل شعره بين كتفيه كما يفعل فقراء الهند، ودخل بستانا هنالك واجتمع الناس على تغلق وقصد المدينة فأتاه الكتوال بالمفاتيح ودخل القصر ونزل بناحية منه، وقال لكشلو خان: أنت تكون السلطان، فقال كشلو خان: بل أنت تكون السلطان وتنازعا فقال له كشلو خان: فإن أبيت أن تكون سلطانا فيتولى ولدك، فكره هذا وقبل حينئذ وقعد على سرير الملك وبايعه الخاص والعام، ولما كان بعد ثلاث اشتد الجوع بخسرو خان وهو مختف بالبستان فخرج وطاف به فوجد القيم فسأله طعاما فلم يكن عنده فأعطاه خاتمه وقال: اذهب فارهنه في طعام. فلما ذهب بالخاتم إلى السوق أنكر الناس أمره ورفعوه إلى الشحنة، وهو الحاكم، فأدخله على السلطان تغلق فأعلمه بمن دفع إليه الخاتم، فبعث ولده محمدا ليأتي به، فقبض عليه وأتاه به راكبا على تتو، بتائين مثناتين أولاهما مفتوحة والثانية مضمومة وهو البرذون، فلما مثل بين يديه، قال له: إني جائع فائتني بالطعام، فأمر له بالشربة ثم بالطعام ثم بالفقاع ثم بالتنبول، فلما أكل قام قائما وقال:

it never leaves the sultan, whether travelling or at home. When Tughluq and his companions made for him, the fighting grew hot between them and the Hindus; the sultan's companions were routed and no one remained with him. He fled, dismounted from his horse, threw off his clothes and weapons, kept only a single shirt, let his hair hang loose between his shoulders as the faqīrs of Hind do, and entered a garden there. The people rallied to Tughluq, and he made for the city; the kotwāl brought him the keys, and he entered the palace and lodged in one part of it. He said to Kishlū Khān: "You shall be sultan." Kishlū Khān said: "No, you shall be sultan," and they disputed. Kishlū Khān said to him: "If you refuse to be sultan, then your son shall rule." He disliked this, and so accepted, sat on the royal throne, and the elite and common people swore allegiance to him. After three days hunger pressed hard on Khusraw Khān, hiding in the garden; he came out and wandered about it, found the caretaker and asked him for food, but he had none. So he gave him his ring and said: "Go and pawn it for food." When he took the ring to the market, the people were suspicious of him and brought him to the shiḥna, that is, the magistrate, who took him in to Sultan Tughluq, and he told him who had given him the ring. He sent his son Muḥammad to fetch him; he seized him and brought him riding on a tattū (with two two-dotted t's, the first with a and the second with u), that is, a pack-pony. When he stood before him he said: "I am hungry, bring me food." He ordered him given sherbet, then food, then beer, then betel. When he had eaten he stood up and said: