تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.15.1

11.15.1

When Tughluq had settled in the seat of kingship, he sent his son Muḥammad to conquer the land of Tiling — its spelling is with kasra on the dotted tāʾ and the lām, sukūn on the nūn, and a hard kāf — which lies three months' journey from the city of Dihlī. He sent with him a great army that included the leading amīrs, such as Malik Tamūr, with fatḥa on the dotted tāʾ and ḍamma on the mīm, ending in rāʾ; Malik Tigīn, with kasra on the dotted tāʾ and the kāf, ending in nūn; Malik Kāfūr the muhrdār, with ḍamma on the mīm; Malik Bayram, with the single-dotted bāʾ with fatḥa, the yāʾ (the last letter of the alphabet), and the rāʾ with fatḥa; and others. When he reached the land of Tiling he wished to rebel. He had a boon companion, one of the jurist-poets, known as ʿUbayd, and he ordered him to spread among the people that Sultan Tughluq had died, thinking that the people would hasten to swear allegiance to him