History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c7.2

c7.2

After the death of his father Prince Juna ascended the throne in the fort of Tughluqabad under the title of Muhammad Tughluq in the month of Rabi-'-al-awwal 725 A.H. (February, 1325 A.D.) three days after the death of his father. In accordance with ancient custom the court went into mourning, and the Prince reverentially performed the obsequies of his father. According to Barani who is followed by Yahya, Nizam-al-Din and Badaoni there was a double coronation, for, on the 40th day after having arranged all matters connected with government, the new emperor marched from Tughluqabad towards Dihli, where he seated himself on the throne of the old Sultans.¹ No revolution, no palace intrigue, no local or provincial insurrection stood in the way of his accession to the throne. The people, accustomed to such occurrences, soon forgot the murder of the late Sultan, just as their forbears had forgotten the cruel murder of the good old Firuz before the rising prosperity of his fortunate nephew. Muhammad's brothers Bahram Khan, Mubarak Khan, Masud Khan, Nusrat Khan and Mahmud Khan are said by Barani to have been living at the time of his accession.² Bahram Khan was an adopted son of the late Sultan, and Barani has made a mistake in saying that Mahmud Khan was alive at the time of the accession of Muhammad Tughluq, for he was in all probability smashed to death with his father under the fatal structure raised by Ahmad Ayaz. Barani in the course of his narrative