History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.146

c11.146

The other man was also an important official. His correct name is Maqbūl. He was a Hindu of Telingana, whose original name was according to Shams-i-Siraj 'Afīf Kuttū or Kannū. When the Rai of Telingana was conquered, he was brought to Dihli where he embraced Islam and the Sultan gave him the name of Maqbūl. He held important offices under Sultan Muhammad, and when Khwajah Jahan Ahmad Ayaz died he was appointed principal minister by Sultan Firuz Tughluq. He was greatly trusted by him. He died in 770 A.H. when he was more than eighty years of age and was succeeded in his office by his son Juna Shah. From an inscription in the Black Mosque built by the latter in Dihli it appears that his real name was Maqbūl and not Muqbil.