The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.333
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The murder of his brothers appears to have whetted Mubārak’s appetite for blood, and on his return to Delhi he summoned from Gujarāt his father-in-law, Zafar Khān, and for no apparent reason put him to death. He also executed Shāhīn, who had been left as regent at Delhi, and though historians allege no specific crime against this victim it can hardly be doubted that he had been implicated in the recent conspiracy.