The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.46

v3.c27.46

Safdar Khān, governor of Berar, and A‘zam-i-Humāyūn, the new governor of Daulatābād, both partisans of Mujāhid, had preceded the army to the capital, and on learning of the success of the conspirators took possession of the royal elephants and returned to their provinces without waiting to tender their allegiance to the new king. Their defection menaced Dāūd’s authority, but there was also a party in the capital which was prepared to oppose his enthronement, and the Hindus, on hearing of the death of Mujāhid, crossed the Tungabhadra and laid siege to Rāichūr. The aged regent, Saif-ud-dīn Ghūrī, averted the calamity of a rebellion at Gulbarga, but refused to serve the usurper, and retired into private life, and on May 20, 1378, Dāūd, at the instigation of Mujāhid’s sister, Rūh Parvar Āghā, was assassinated at the public prayers in the great mosque. Khān Muhammad, Dāūd’s principal supporter, slew the assassin and attempted to secure the throne for Dāūd’s infant son, Muhammad Sanjar, but the child’s person was in the possession of Rūh Parvar, who caused him to be blinded, and, with the concurrence of the populace raised to the throne Muhammad², son of Mahmūd Khān, the youngest son of Bahman Shāh.