The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s1.3
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s1.3
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v3.c29.s1.3
The first three princes of this line acknowledged, by the payment of tribute, the supremacy of Muhammad Tughluq, but the third, by harbouring and protecting the rebel Taghī, repudiated his allegiance to Delhi, and was enabled, by the opportune death of his suzerain and the defection of his allies, to escape the punishment of rebellion, but his successor, Timājī, was compelled by the arms of Fīrūz Tughluq to return to his allegiance, and to signalize his obedience by a protracted sojourn at the court of Delhi.