The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.83

v3.c28.83

‘Alā-ud-dīn Bahmanī was a spirited prince, and chafed under the yoke of the *maire du palais*, of which he resolved to free himself. Having deceived him with specious expressions of his appreciation of his great services to the house of Bahman he arranged that the regent should be assassinated on the occasion of one of his monthly visits to him, but as he entered the royal apartment one of the assassins concealed behind the hangings sneezed, and Amīr ‘Alī Barīd withdrew in alarm and sent the eunuchs to search the inner apartment. The conspirators were discovered and were executed in circumstances of great cruelty and ‘Alā-ud-dīn was deposed and imprisoned, and shortly afterwards put to death.