The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.480
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.480
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To the people of Delhi the boy's relationship, whether genuine or fictitious, to their old tyrant was no recommendation, and numbers fled from the city to join Fīrūz. The king was relieved of much anxiety by the receipt of the news of the death of Taghī in Sind, and by the adhesion to his cause of Malik Maqbūl, the ablest noble in the kingdom, a Brāhman of Telingāna who had accepted Islām and whom he made his minister.