The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.323

v3.c20.323

In 1312 Khizr Khān was invested with an umbrella and designated heir-apparent. 'Alā-ud-dīn had paid no attention to his son's education, and the young man had grown up weak, self-indulgent, thoughtless and slothful. Between him and the favourite, Malik Nāib, there existed hatred and mistrust. The able and enterprising minister might well despise the weak and indolent prince, and Khizr Khān would have been worthless indeed had he felt anything but contempt for a creature so vile as the eunuch.