History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c21.22

c21.22

Khusrau Khān seems to have been converted to Muhammadanism in early childhood and given the name Ḥasan. When 'Ainulmulk Multānī sacked Malwa in 1305 Ḥasan and his brother fell into his hands. At the imperial court Ḥasan was chosen for the body of the personal slaves of sultan 'Alāūddīn and assigned to Malik Shādī, a nobleman, under whose care he grew up. When Quṭbuddīn Mubārak Shāh ascended the throne he became highly enamoured of the youthful Ḥasan and in the very first year of his reign he bestowed upon him the title of Khusrau Khān, the office of Vazarat and all the dignities and jagīrs of Malik Kāfūr. In elevating Khusrau Khān Quṭbuddīn had refused to gain from the experience of 'Alāūddīn who had conferred extraordinary distinctions upon his favourite Malik Kāfūr. As seen above Khusrau Khan proved as much an anathema for the Qutbī as Malik Kāfūr had been for the ‘Alāī’ regime.