[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Qaraunah Turks in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936) › c10.61 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.61 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.61 - **Language:** English ### [c10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c10.61) It is difficult to assign a definite date to Fakhr-al-Din's death. That he lived up to 750 A.H. is established beyond doubt by numismatic evidence and up to 754 by the testimony of Shams-i-Siraj ‘Afif who is a contemporary writer. In the coins of the Shillong cabinet there are two coins of Mubarak Shah issued from Sonargaon and are clearly dated 750 A.H. ‘Afif writes in his \*Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi\* that after Firuz's expedition to Bengal (754 A.H. = 1354) Shams-al-Din seized Fakhr-al-Din who was commonly called Fakhrā and killed him.⁵¹ Badaoni's statement that in 741 A.H. Sultan Muhammad marched against Sonargaon, seized Fakhr-al-Din, and brought him a prisoner to Lakhnauti, where he put him to death and returned is incorrect.⁵² The author of the \*Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi\* whom Badaoni faithfully copies writes that in 741 A.H. Haji Ilyas who had - [Previous: c10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c10.60) - [Next: c10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c10.62) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Tārīkh-i Fīrūzshāhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif) — Shams-i Sirāj ʿAfīf --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c10.61) · Pramāṇa