The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c21.48
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c21.48
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After the siege of the capital the disorders of the kingdom increased daily, and when Muhammad Shāh died, in 1444, no point on his frontier was more than forty miles distant from Delhi, and the kingdom inherited by his son ‘Alā-ud-dīn, who assumed the title of ‘Ālam Shāh, consisted of the city and the neighbouring villages.