The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c12.59

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² *TM*, p. 60-61, states that after three months the Turkish nobles headed by Surkha again-plotted to get rid of the Khalji regent and free the king from his control. Firoz got scent of this move and sent an army to the Kilokhari palace to seize the king. Surkha’s party opposed the troops but were defeated and Surkha himself was killed. Following this, Firoz rode into the palace, put the king in confinement and himself ascended the throne, in *Rabi* I, 689. The boy king died in prison. The account is partly supported by Isami, pp. 201-203. Kaiumar’s death is not recorded.