Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s1.18

c9.s1.18

The inclusion of the names of the Tīmūrides, however, did not in any way compromise Khizr Khan's position as the king. His historians address him by high sounding titles. Yahyā calls him Bandgī-i-Rāyāt-i-Ālā (Service of the Exalted or Imperial Standard)¹⁴ and Badaonī, Masnad-i-Ālā (The Exalted Throne).¹⁵ Khizr Khan's name was also introduced in the Khutba, a privilege exclusively of the kings, although a year after his accession.¹⁶ In view of this to assert that the Saiyyads were not recognised as kings in India or abroad,¹⁷ would not be correct. Khizr Khan had won the Sultanate by the sword and he and his successors maintained it by the sword for full thirty-seven years.