The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.264

v3.c20.264

‘Alā-ud-dīn was well served at court by his brother Ulugh Khān, who exerted such influence over Fīrūz that he refused to listen to any warnings, and who kept his brother informed of all that passed at court. It was by his advice that ‘Alā-ud-dīn assumed an attitude of apprehensive penitence, declaring that his actions and designs had been so misrepresented that he feared to appear at court. Ulugh Khān drew a pitiable picture of his brother’s fear and anxiety and so worked on his uncle’s feelings by describing his hesitation between taking poison and fleeing to a distant country that he persuaded the old man to visit Kara in person, and himself carried to ‘Alā-ud-dīn the assurance of his uncle’s forgiveness and the news of his approaching visit.