[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928) › v3.c20.418 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.418 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.418 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c20.418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c20.418) He was succeeded in A.H. 745 (A.D. 1344) by his nephew, Nāsir-ud-dīn, who had been a domestic servant at Delhi before his uncle’s elevation to the throne of Madura, and now assumed the title of Mahmūd Ghāzī Dāmaghān. He slew all the officers of the kingdom likely to disturb his possession of the throne, and among them the husband of his predecessor’s daughter, whom he married immediately after her husband’s death. It was during his reign that Ibn Batūtah, though pressed by him to stay, left the court of Madura. - [Previous: v3.c20.417](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c20.417) - [Next: v3.c20.419](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c20.419) - [Up: v3.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c20.418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c20.418) · Pramāṇa