History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.264

c11.264

an auspicious moment suggested by Sadr-al-Sharīf Samarqandī, Mir Muhammad Badakhshānī and other astrologers of Hindustan, he assumed the royal dignity under the title of ‘Alā-al-Dunyā Wa-āl-Dīn abū-al-muzaffar Bahman Shāh on the 24th Rabi‘al Sani, 748 A.H. (August 13, 1347 A.D.).¹⁴⁴ The generals and soldiers, all paid him homage and the people of Daulatabad, ready to transfer their loyalty to the man who could command it, joined them in doing honour to their newly elected sovereign. The *Khutbah* was read in his name to set the seal of religious sanction on his assumption of sovereignty, and coins were struck in his name.