After the death of his brother's son Abū Bakr, this monarch ascended the throne of Dihlī in the abovementioned year by the consent of the grandees and nobles of the State,* and assumed absolute power there being now no one left to oppose him in the kingdom. And in this same year Mufarriḥ Sulānī governor of Gujrāt revolted, and afar Khān ibn Wajīhu-l-Mulk was ordered to proceed thither.

In the year 794 H. (1391-92 A.D.) the zamīndārs (land-holders) of the Doāb* breaking out into rebellion attacked the town of Balārām, and Islām Khān being appointed to proceed against Harsingrāi* defeated him, while the Sulān went as far as Qanauj and Itāwa, and after punishing the infidels of that district and laying waste Itāwa, returned to Chītrā* which was a favourite resort of his, and there built the city of Muḥammadābād.

In the year 795 H. (1392-93 A.D.) he appointed Malik Muqar-rabu-l-Mulk to proceed against the mutineers in the district of Itāwa, who by promises and engagements* induced the rebels to come in, and took them to Qanauj, where he put them to death and returned to Muḥammadābād. And in the month of Shawwāl in this year, the Sulān was attacked by illness; taking advantage ^263. of this Bahādur Nāhir made an inroad upon some of the towns around Dihlī. The Sulān notwithstanding his weakness pro­ceeded to Kotla; Bahādur gave battle once and then fled, and the Sulān victorious and triumphant returned to Muḥammadābād, and was engaged in superintending the building of the city when his illness returned.

In the year 796 H. (1393-94 A.D.) he appointed Shāhzāda Humāyūn Khān to oppose Shaikhā Khūkhar who had rebelled and gained possession of Lahore, but the Shāhzāda was still in the city when the Sulān* took his departure from the populous city of existence to the deserted regions of annihilation, and was buried in the mausoleum of his father on the banks of the Hauẓ-i-Khāṣṣ:* the duration of his reign was six years and seven months.

Manavī.

What is the world, but a wayside abode of trouble and evil?
A house of labour and toil, a mansion of pain and affliction?
Here is no truth and no faithfulness; here are no friends and
no friendship;
Hundreds of times have I seen this, and proved it by frequent
experience.*