The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.211

v4.c19.211

‘Abdullah Qutb Shāh had died on 24 February, 1667. Aurangzīb’s eldest son, Muhammad Sultān, whom he had, under compulsion, recognised as his heir, was a prisoner, and those whose business it was to regulate the succession ignored his claims. ‘Abdullah left two other daughters besides the wife of Muhammad Sultān, one of whom was married to Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad, a Sayyid of noble descent, and the other to Abu-’l-Hasan, a young man nearly related, through his mother, to the royal family. Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad’s pride and arrogance had rendered him obnoxious to the nobles and courtiers, and when ‘Abdullah died Abu-’l-Hasan was raised to the throne, and Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad died shortly afterwards.