Twilight of the Sultanate c3.30

c3.30

Then there are works dealing particularly with the Lodī kings though written at a later date. One such is the *Tārīkh-i-Salātīn-i-Afghānā* also known as *Tārīkh-i-Shāhī* written by Ahmad Yādgār.¹⁸ Yādgār's father was Vazīr of the Mughal prince Mirza 'Askarī, and the author describes himself as an old servant of Sūr Kings. He commences his work with the accession of Bahlūl (1451) and the last chapter deals with the defeat and capture of Hēmū (1556). The work was written at the command of Sultan Dāūd Shāh of Bengal. The author shows scant regard for dates and "at the end of the reign of each Afghan king gives fanciful and sometimes absurd stories".¹⁹