Ascended the throne of sovereignty and power by the consent of the Amīrs in the year 790 A.H. (1388 A.D.) in accordance with ^258. the will of his grandfather, assuming the title of Ghīyau-d-Dīn Tughlaq Shāh, and despatched several famous Amīrs to oppose Muḥammad Shāh towards the foot of the hills (of Sirmūr). Muḥam-mad Shāh after fighting for a little betook himself to Nagar Kot, and the army of Tughlaq Shāh on account of the difficulty* of the way turned back (to Dihlī) and Abu Bakr Khān son of afar Khān and grandson of Fatḥ Khān, who was his brother's son, being panic-stricken and terrified, went to his father,* and Malik Ruknu-d-Dīn Chanda Wazīr, in concert with other Amīrs, made friends with Abu Bakr Khān, and killed Malik (Mubārak) Kabīr* in Fīrū-zābād at the door of the rest house of Tughlaq Shāh, and having pursued Tughlaq Shāh and Khān-i-Jahān the Wazīr* when they fled, put them to death and hung up their heads* over the gate of the city; this event occurred in the month of Ṣafar* in the year 791 H. (1389 A.D.); the duration of the reign of Tughlaq Shāh, was five months and eighteen days.*

Verse.

[He laid low in the dust that rose of kingdom which the garden
of the king
Had cherished in its breast with endless care.]*