He succeeds to the throne of his nephew — ennobles persons of
low birth — is deposed by his courtiers.
AFTER the death of Kootb Shah, his uncle Da-wood,
at the instance of Imad-ool-Moolk and the
rest of the nobility, was elevated to the throne;
but shortly after his accession, he ennobled one of
the common sweepers of the household, and conferred
on him the title of Imad-ool-Moolk. This
and other acts of imbecility induced the same
nobles who raised him to power to depose him on
the seventh day, and to place his nephew Mahmood,
a youth of only fourteen years of age, on the throne
of his elder brother.