Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s1.17

c13.s1.17

¹³ Muhammad Kabīr gives the following reason for the choice of Bahlūl. He says that Islām Khan (whom he calls Jalāluddīn) had two wives, one Afghan and the other Rajput. From the first wife was born a daughter named Firdausī and from the second Qutb Khan. Firdausī was married to Bahlūl. A little before his death Islām Khan called Bahlūl and Qutb Khan to his presence and addressing the latter said : "Bahlūl is born of an Afghan woman while you are the son of a Rajput. The Afghans are rustic. They will not obey you. I nominate Bahlūl as the king and you as his Vazīr''. So saying he took off his turban and placed it on the head of Bahlūl. *Afsānā-i-Shāhān*, British Museum MS., 14 (b); Also trs. in Hindi in *Uttar Tīmūr Kālīn Bharat*, I, 365.