Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t2.44

c5.s4.t2.44

Malik 'Izz-ud-din Balban assumed the royal authority and was crowned as a Sultan, these nobles superseded him by placing 'Ala-ud-din Mas'ud Shah on the throne, and the former had to submit to their decision. (Vide Raverty, 622.) Again when Ulugh Khan Balban was dismissed from his office by the Sultan because of the machinations of Malik Raihan, the protest and military demonstration of these nobles led to a 'mutual accommodation of affairs' between them and the Sultan, who had to reverse his earlier decision and turn out the rival of Balban from the office (ibid., 830). Similarly when one of the Forty, named Badr-ud-din, was discovered plotting for the overthrow of the Sultan, the latter merely called upon him 'to give up his intentions' and did nothing beyond sending the noble to his *Aqta'* of Buda'un (ibid., 753).