History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.211

c6.211

It may be asked why Muhammad’s brothers acquiesced in this act of most brutal usurpation. Probably because he was the ablest of them all and because he had been declared heir by the Sultan himself. The willing consent of the other Princes to his assumption of royalty is proved by Mubarak Khan’s acceptance of high office under Muhammad. The haste with which Muhammad tried to obtain the throne which had been declared for him is not unusual in Muslim history. The absence of any kind of disturbance consequent upon the Sultan’s death is explained by the fact that men’s memories are proverbially short, and in politics and diplomacy, particularly, the man who achieves success is welcomed in spite of his misdoings. This was exactly what had happened before in the case of ‘Ala-al-Din Khilji.