The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.66

v3.c28.66

These declarations of independence were not, except in the case of Ahmad, who never forgave Mahmūd Shāh for the murder of his father, prompted by disaffection towards the Bahmanī dynasty, for which Yūsuf and Fathullāh entertained to the end of their lives sentiments of loyalty and affection, but it was impossible to serve Mahmūd, for he would not be served, and had no sooner escaped from the toils of one master than he submitted to another, so that loyalty to the king became no more than subservience to an ambitious minister.