Twilight of the Sultanate c13.s2.48

c13.s2.48

⁵⁸ T.A., I, 306; Ferishta, I, 176; II, 309; *Makhzan*, 47 (b); T.D., 19. T.S.A., 15-16 says he was captured alive. It is not possible to say definitely as to how long he ruled. Muhammad's coins as well as those of Sultan Husain of the years 861, 862 and 863 H exist. May be the two rival princes were contending for power and each was issuing coins in his own name. Nizāmuddīn credits Muhammad with a reign of five years, but that is a clear case of miswriting *Sāl* for *Māh*. Ferishta (II, 308-9) says that Mahmūd died in 862 H (A.D. 1457) and Muhammad reigned only for five months. Lanepoole says that Muhammad ruled jointly with his father from 861 to 863 H. *Chronicles*, 320-23; Nelson Wright, *Catalogue of Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta*, Vol., II, Part II. Also J.A.S.B., XIII, 107-8. The chronology of the Sharqī Kings is extremely confusing (H.M. Whittell, Numismatic Supplement No. XXXVI to the J.A.S.B., 1922), but from the narrative of events given by Persian chroniclers it appears that Muhammad had a short reign of five months rather than a long one of five years.