Twilight of the Sultanate c10.2

c10.2

AFTER KHIZR KHAN'S demise his son Mubārak Khan succeeded to the throne on 22 May, 1421 (19 Jamadiul Avval, 824 H)¹ under the title of Mu'izuddīn Abul Fateh Sultan Mubārak Shāh². Tīmūr was in his grave for the last fifteen years, and the terror he had inspired was now a memory of the past. Besides, Khizr Khan's seven years of struggle had succeeded to a good extent in establishing the position of the Saiyyad dynasty. Mubārak Shāh therefore felt strong enough to remove Shāh Rukh's name from the Khutba; he assumed full sovereignty, took the title of Sultan³ and issued his own coins.