Amír Taimúr Kúrkán, having marched back to Samarkand, Mullú Ikbál Khán again became master of Dehlí. Tátár Khán, at this time, advised his father to take revenge of this chief, and to expel him from the capital; saying they had a large army, which was well equipped, and that the throne was the property of no one. But Zafir Khán, having foresight of things, did not agree with his son for several reasons; and having, after much wrangling, withdrawn him­self from authority, gave up the attendants and ensigns of authority in Gujarát to the latter, and then retired into solitude.

The more true account, however, is this: that Tátár Khán, having imprisoned his father, assumed the title of Mohammed Sháh, and commenced his reign at the town of Yessáwal, in the month of Jumádi-ul-awal, A. Hij. 806. In the same week he commenced a religious war against the Infidels of Nadote(),* where, having slain many, he resolved on marching to Dehlí. Ikbál Khán, hearing of this, became alarmed; when unexpectedly, in the month of Shabán in the same year, Sultán Mohammed Sháh Tátár Khán, having fallen sick, several ingenious phy­sicians were employed to cure him, but all to no purpose. The people of Gujarát, however, think it well established that the cause of the before-mentioned Sultán's death was, that, when he paid no regard to the support of his father's honour, and became covetous of worldly greatness, several of the companions and intimates of Zafir Khán poisoned him; and sometimes they say that this was effected at the instigation of his father, Zafir Khán. In fine, the body of Sultán Mohammed, being brought to Patan, was buried there, and honoured as that of a martyr.

After this, Zafir Khán went to the camp, where all the nobles and government servants submitted to his authority; and it is a current tradition that Zafir Khán continued to weep for his son until the day of his death.

The disorders of the government increased among the descendants of Sultán Fíroz Sháh III. till there were none of them remaining; and Mullú Ikbál Khán being slain in the battle by Sayyid Khizr Khán, the nobles and other grandees represented to Zafir Khán that, as there was neither peace nor order in the affairs of Gujarát, and no one was at that time more suited for this important business of govern­ment than himself, he ought to establish a king­dom there. In compliance, therefore, with the request and wishes of his well-wishers, he com­menced his reign at the station of Shírpúr,* six years and seven months after the death of his son, Sultán Mohammed. This happened in A. Hij. 810, A.D. 1407-8; and Zafir Khán, hav­ing assumed the title of Muzaffir Sháh,* struck coins in his own name, and appointed his grand­son, Ahmad Sháh, to succeed him as his heir. He continued to dispense justice, to punish the wicked, and to protect the poor, till his grand­son, Ahmad Sháh, poisoned him, in the year of the Hijra 813, A.D. 1410-11.

There are different accounts given regarding the manner of his death. The author of the Mirát Sikandarí considers this the more authen­tic, that the Kúlies, inhabiting the town of Yessáwal, having become disobedient, com­menced to rob and plunder the highway. At which time, Sultán Ahmad Sháh, grandson of Zafir Khán, was sent with an army against them; and he being about to depart from Patan, encamped on the bank of the tank called Khání Sarwar, where he demanded of the divines whether it was consistent with religion and the law to take revenge on the person who had unjustly killed one's father. All of them answered in the affirmative, and gave a written decision, which the Sultán preserved. On this, unexpectedly returning to the city, he imprisoned his grandfather, Zafir Khán, and administered poison to him in a cup.

They also relate that Zafir Khán said to his grandson, “Oh, my child, you are in a great hurry; though if you had not done so, all I have was intended for you.” To which the other replied, “that his time was come;” when Zafir Khán continued saying, “Hear these words of advice from me, that they may profit you: first, place no confidence in the person who has urged you to this proceeding, and put such a one to death; secondly, abstain from wine, since it is necessary that kings should do so; and, lastly, put to death Shaikh Malik and Shír Malik,* as both of them are mutinous ser­vants.”

Having given him several other portions of advice, he tasted the bitter cup of death about the latter part of the month of Safar, in the year before mentioned, and was buried in the mausoleum, which stands within the citadel of Patan. He possessed power for the space of eighteen years, eight months, and fourteen days.

From the time that Muzaffir Sháh established the kingdom of Gujarát, in A. Hij. 810, A.D. 1407-8, until the latter part of the month of Safar, A. Hij. 980, A.D. 1572-73, being a period of some­what less than one hundred and seventy lunar years, there were thirteen or fourteen kings, his descendants, who reigned over the country.