The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.522

v3.c20.522

So little respect did the royal house now command that the provincial governors, who had assembled their troops at Delhi for the expedition to Lahore, would have left the capital without waiting for the enthronement of a new king, had not Malik Sarvar induced them to enthrone, under the title of Nāsir-ud-dīn Mahmūd, Humāyūn’s brother, the youngest son of Muhammad.