تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.107.1

13.107.1

وفي الخميس الثالث توفي السلطان غياث الدين وشعرت بذلك فبادرت الدخول إلى المدينة خوف الفتنة، ولقيت ناصر الدين بن أخيه الوالي بعده خارجا إلى المحلة قد وجه عنه، إذ ليس للسلطان ولد، فطلبني في الرجوع معه فأبيت، وأثر ذلك في قلبه وكان ناصر الدين هذا خديما بدهلي قبل أن يملك عمه فلما ملك عمه هرب في زي الفقراء إليه فكان من القدر ملكه بعده.

On the third Thursday Sultan Ghiyāth al-Dīn died. I learned of it and hastened to enter the city for fear of disorder. I met his nephew Nāṣir al-Dīn, who succeeded him, going out to the camp, having been sent for, since the sultan had no son. He asked me to go back with him, but I refused, and this left an impression on his heart. This Nāṣir al-Dīn had been a servant in Dihlī before his uncle became king; when his uncle became king he fled to him in the guise of a faqīr, and it was destined that he should reign after him.