Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s2.46
Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s2.46
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c13.s2.46
⁵⁶ Dorn, 50 and *Makhzan*, 47 (b) give the date of his accession as 857 H. But that is not correct. According to Ferishta, II, 308, Sultan Mahmūd died in 862 H. He also says that Muhammad ruled for five months only, II, 309. Therefore Husain must have ascended the throne of Jaunpur in the very year in which Mahmūd and Muhammad died, i.e. 862-3 H.