History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.69

c6.69

of the Hazarsitun which had been profaned by the Bacchanalian revels of Mubarak and his hench-men. He received the felicitations of the assembled nobles who offered him the keys of the palace and the insignia of sovereignty. The date 1st Sha'ban, 721 A.H. given by Yahyā and copied by Firishta is incorrect as has been previously explained. Though de facto master of the Sultanate of Dihli, Ghazi Malik shrank from the burden of the kingly office. He did not behave like a rapacious condottiere and had no desire to grasp the power which he had acquired by the force of his arms. To mark his respect for the family of 'Ala-al-Din he performed the obsequies of the scions of the royal house, who had perished at the hands of the usurpers, and with a full sense of his obligations and responsibilities he addressed the assembled nobles in these words: "I am one of those who have been brought up under Sultans . . .