History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.291

c11.291

¹⁵⁹ J. U. P. Historical Society, Vol. I, Pt. II, p. 29. Mr. Gardner Brown seems to believe that a clerical plot was formed to place the Sultan's priest-ridden cousin on the throne, but such a view is entirely unsupported. Barani clearly writes that the Sultan on his death-bed nominated his cousin Firuz as his heir for the latter had attended him with great care and affection. Unless we charge Barani with deliberate falsehood it is difficult to reject this statement which is supported by other writers. Calcutta Text, pp. 531-32.