History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c1.18

c1.18

The advice went home. The first thing Mu‘izzudīn did on his return to Kīlūgharī was to order Nizāmuddīn to Multan, ostensibly to take charge of the administration there but in reality to remove him from Delhi. Nizāmuddīn at once surmised the cause of his sudden transfer and delayed departure. The courtiers knew that the king wanted to do away with him and secretly obtained his permission to effect Nizām’s death. One of these days some deadly poison was administered into his wine and his crafty career came to a sudden close. *The Ascendancy of the Khaljīs.*