Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.1

c8.s4.1

In the bid for the throne Iqbāl Khan, Nāsiruddīn Nusrat, Nāsiruddīn Mahmūd, Daulat Khan, the Sharqī king and Khizr Khan had all played their game. But in the end Khizr Khan Saiyyad had emerged as the hero of the struggle. True, he had not been quite welcome for being the agent and nominee of the hated Tīmūr, but once he got possession of the throne the people submitted to him, for tired of the constant upheavals they wanted peace at any price. Besides, Tīmūr's invasion was now becoming a matter of memory.