History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.67

c10.67

become king under the title of Shams-al-Dīn, proceeded towards Sonargaon, and seized Fakhr-al-Dīn alive and after some time killed him at Lakhnauti.⁵³ After this Lakhnauti remained for a long time in the possession of Shams-al-Dīn and his descendants, and the Sultan of Dihli had no control over it. The date 741 is obviously incorrect. It seems probable that either Badaoni himself in copying the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* or some scribe who copied his *Muntakhab-ut-tawarikh* wrote Sultan Muhammad instead of Shams-al-Dīn. It is impossible to accept Badaoni's date in view of the evidence of coins and of Ibn Batūṭah who found Fakhr-al-Dīn ruling in Bengal in 746 A.H., and his account is too detailed to be inaccurate.