South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c13.s1.51.3

c13.s1.51.3

This reference may be held directly to indicate that the particular Sultan who was responsible for the death of the Hoysala, was Sultan Nasiru-d-din who succeeded his uncle Ghiyathu-d-din in A.D. 1343. There is only one date on his coins, as was pointed out already, and that is A.H. 745; and an interregnum of twelve years followed immediately after this date. It is this state of things that we seem to find an echo of in the Tarik-i Firoz Shahi of Shams-i Siraj ‘Afif. ‘While the Sultan was at Delhi, attending to the affairs of his kingdom, ambassadors arrived from Ma’bar to state a grievance to him. Kurbat Hasan Kangu was king in Ma’bar when Sultan Muhammad Shah died, and when Sultan Firuz succeeded, his edicts were sent into Ma’bar, but the people of that country rebelled, and, going to Daulatabad, they made Kurbat Kangu King of Ma’bar. When this Kurbat held his court, he appeared decked out hand and foot with female ornaments, and made himself notorious for his puerile actions. The men of Ma’bar saw this, and being greatly incensed against him, they rebelled. The neighbouring chief, named Bakan, at the head of a body of men and elephants, marched into Ma’bar and made Kurbat Hasan Kangu prisoner. He made himself master of all Ma’bar, which belonged to the Muhammadans;