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with his father. The despatch by ‘Alauddin’s predecessor 
Jelaluddin Firaz Shah Khilji of boat-loads of undesirables into 
enrol these men in a “ Foreign Legion” and utilise them in 
fall of the Balbant dynasty had, in their turn, been swept 
away, we find the capital Lakhnauti appearing on the coinage 
under the name of Firazibad. As this survey will chiefly 
consist of a narration of the efforts of his sons to share the 
sovereignty of Bengal with their father, or, after Firiiz Shah’s 
death (about 722 A.H.), either with a brother, or a Governor 
of the Dehli Sultan, a fresh section will be begun with a list 
of the sons of Firaz who are known to have struck coins. 
Jalaluddin M ahmid _ «+  (709-or 707- A.H.) 
Ghiyaguddin Bahadur - (c. 710-728) 
Shihabuddin Bughrah 2 (717 and 718) 
Nasiruddin Ibrahim as (c. 724-726) 
By 709 A.H., when we find Hatim Khan, a son of Ficuz 
Shih, installed as Viceroy to his father in Bihar’, Shamsuddin 


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2 Blochmann, op. cit., 1873, p. 249 : 
3 The name ianaund Subnahed & certain amount of threat et 
Was the great grandson of Balban, as the name of cag “eustom of 
Bughra Khan, was also Mahmiid. For this Muhammadan cit., 1873 
ae a child after his grandfather vide Blochmann, op. cit., : 
p.288, 
