KHUSRAU SHÁH-B-BAHRÁM SHÁH.

On the death of his father, he succeeded to the throne. It was about this time that Aláu'ddín Ḥusayn Ghorí, known as Jahánsoz or Burner of the World, sacked Ghazníṅn and entered India. Sulṭán Ghiyáṣu'ddín Sám and Sulṭán Shihábu'ddín, nephews of Aláu'ddín Ḥusayn, on whom the latter had bestowed Ghazníṅn and the adjacent provinces, contrived to secure the person of Khusrau Sháh from India and put him in prison where he ended his days, and thus the dynasty of the descendants of Maḥmúd passed away. Some authorities, however, assert that Khusrau Sháh held his court at the capital of Lahore, and that on his death, he was succeeded by his son Khusrau Malik who was taken by the Ghorís and placed in confinement,* in which he continued till he died.