On the third day after the death of the Sultán

May
A.D. 1459.

Kutbu-d-dín, and in Rajab, his uncle Dáod was seated on the throne, through the favour of the ministers and nobles. He soon after committed some improper acts; when Imádu-l-Mulk, at the instigation of the nobles, set up Fat'h Khán, half-brother of Kutbu-d-dín, and who was then receiving his education under the instruction of Sháh Álam. The second flourish of the trumpets, which announced the entrance of the latter into the royal residence at the citadel, having reached the ears of Sultán Dáod, made him aware of what had happened; and he escaped by means of a window that overhung the banks of the river Sabarmatí. The length of his reign was only one month and seven days.

Sultán Dáod, after abdicating, went into the monastery of Shaikh Adhan Rúmí, where, enter­ing among his disciples, he served their master, and became daily more distinguished amongst them; but soon after died there.