The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c21.37

v3.c21.37

On the death of Mubārak Shāh, who had left no son, the nobles at Delhi raised to the throne Muhammad, the son of his brother Farīd. Sarvar-ul-Mulk’s complicity in the murder of the late king could not be concealed, but as he held possession of the royal treasury, armoury, and elephants he was too powerful to be touched, and though he was suspected of designs on the throne it was necessary, for the time, to confirm him in his office, and he received the title of Khānjahān, while his accomplice, Mīrān Sadr, received that of Mu‘īn-ul-Mulk. Kamāl-ud-dīn, whose appointment had been the cause of Sarvar-ul-Mulk’s disaffection, and others of Mubārak’s nobles were desirous of avenging his death, but were compelled to bide their time, and Sarvar-ul-Mulk, with a view to intimidating them executed one officer of high rank and imprisoned others, seized all the vacant fiefs in the kingdom and distributed them among his creatures. Bayāna, Amroha, Nārnaul, Guhrām, and some districts in the Doāb were granted to Sidhāran, Sidhū Pāl, and their relatives who had been personally concerned in the murder of the late king. Sidhū Pāl sent his slave Rānū, another assassin, to Bayāna to collect the revenue, but Yūsuf Khān Auhadī marched from Hindaun to meet him, and when Rānū attempted to take possession of the fort attacked, defeated, and slew him.