The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.88
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.88
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Ahmad ascended the throne at Gulbarga on September 22, 1422, and on October 2, Fīrūz died. He was probably not far from death when Ahmad usurped the throne, but the event was too opportune to have been fortuitous, and of the three best authorities for this period two, citing early historians, say that he was strangled, and the third says that he was poisoned.