290 H. Blochmann —Geography and History of Bengal. —No. II. [No. 3, 
Jaunpur) with an army against Bahadur Shah, who was captured and sent 
to Dihli with a rope round his neck. 
The provinces of Sunargaon and Satgaon were placed under separate 
military commanders, Sunargaon being given to Tatar Khan. # 
Tughluq Shah then returned to Dihli, and died on his arrival, crushed 
to death by the accidental or designed fall of a pavilion that had been erect¬ 
ed for his reception. His successor, Muhammad Shah Tughluq, left Na^ir- 
uddin in possession of Lak’hnauti. He released, however, immediately after 
his accession, Bahadur Shah, gave him a large sum of money, and allow¬ 
ed him under certain conditions to return to Sunargaon, where Tatar Khan, 
the imperial commander was stationed. The province of Satgaon was placed 
under Tzzuddin Yahya A’zam ul-Mulk.f Tatar Khan received at the same 
time the title of Bahrain Kban,£ as also a large sum of money, elephants, 
and horses, and was ordered to accompany Bahadur Shah to Sunargaon. 
They were to share the kingdom ; the coinage was to bear the name of 
Bahadur Shah and Muhammad Shah Tughluq, and their names were to be 
read out jointly in the khuthah; and lastly, Bahadur Shall was to give up 
his son Muhammad Barbat as hostage. 
In 726 A. H. (1326 A. D.), Na^iruddin died,§ and Muhammad Shah 
Tughluq appointed Malik Bedar Khilji,—many MSS. have Malik Pindar— 
governor of Lak’hnauti with the title of Qadar Khan. Bahadur Shah for some 
time remained faithful to his engagement, and acknowledged on his coinage 
Muhammad Shall as his suzerain ; but at last he attempted to throw off all 
outward signs of allegiance—Ibn Bat.Utah says he would not give up his 
son—, and thus brought Muhammad Shah’s vengeance on himself. The 
emperor sent a corps to Bahrain’s assistance, and Bahadur Shah was defeat¬ 
ed, captured, and put to death. His skin was stulfed and paraded through 
the provinces of the empire (about 731 A. H., or A. H. 1331).|| 
Thus ended the line of the Balbani kings of Bengal. The tragic end of 
this Bengali dynasty was not in the eyes of the Dihli historians of sufficient 
importance to be recorded, and it was left to an African traveller to furnish 
another example of the vicissitudes of illustrious families. 
* Firislitah says that Na^ruddin got the whole of Bengal (in the passage quoted 
by Mr. Thomas, Chron., p. 197); hut further on, Firislitah corrects himself, and limits 
Nacpruddin’s power to the province of Lak’hnauti. 
f Bad. I, 226, 230. 
X The French translation of Ibn Batutali has l: II (Muhammad Shah Tughluq) expe- 
dia avec luile fils de son frere, Ibrahim Khan,” which seems to be a mistake for “ Bahrain 
Klian, his adoptive brother.” ffj^ I s often confounded with 
§ Firislitah mentions his death before relating the events of 727 A. H. 
|| There is a confusion of names in Badaoni (Bibl. Indica Edit., I, 227; Lucknow 
Edition, p. 59), who calls the rebellious governor of Multan “ Malik Bahrain Aibali, 
adoptive brother of Sultan Tughluq.” 
