The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.112
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.112
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The early years of Yūsuf’s reign were even more than usually full of incident. He was immediately called upon to quell a serious rebellion headed by his uncle, Abdāl Chakk, and had no sooner suppressed it than Mubārak Khān, a leading Sayyid, rose in rebellion and usurped the throne. A counter-rebellion displaced the Sayyid, who approached Yūsuf and owned him as his sovereign, but the reconciliation came too late, for Lohar Chakk, Yūsuf’s cousin, seized the throne.