The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c21.18

v3.c21.18

During the absence of the minister, Sikandar Tuhfa, from the capital the governor of Delhi, Sarvar-ul-Mulk, induced the feeble king to order, for the benefit of himself and his son, a redistribution of various important offices. Sikandar Tuhfa was dismissed from the office of minister, to make way for Sarvar-ul-Mulk, who was succeeded as governor of Delhi by his son Yūsuf. Sikandar Tuhfa received the fief of Lahore as compensation for the loss of the first post in the kingdom, but his transfer thither necessitated the removal of Mahmūd Hasan, who was transferred to Jullundur, but was ordered for the time to wait on Mubārak Shāh with the contingent maintained from his fief. These changes bred much discontent, to which may be traced the assassination of Mubārak Shāh, which took place twelve years later.