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Translations from the Tarihh i Firuzsliah'i . 
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power and glory and might, in the space of one week he arranged the 
affairs of the kingdom. And the disorder and evil which had arisen 
during the reign of Khusrau Khan and of his followers was made 
straight; and he brought all things within his grasp ; so that men 
said to one another, “Behold! Sultan ’Alauddin has come to life 
again !” Within forty days Sultan Gliiasuddin secured for himself the 
confidence of all people, and the rebelliousness and disorder which 
had arisen on every side were changed to obedience and submission. 
Also, because he was a just man, the hearts of good men rejoiced 
at his rule, and the foolish thoughts of the evil ones were scattered, 
so that every man went to his business and his work in confidence 
and rejoicing, because the hand of the king was powerful and his 
rule firm. Neither was there any more violence or oppression. 
But because of the government of Gliiasuddin there was given to the 
kingdom great glory. And those matters which, in the hands of 
other men, would not have been accomplished for many years, were 
settled by Gliiasuddin in the course of a few days. All that he did 
for the succour of Islam and the destruction of those evil and re¬ 
bellious ones has been written in these chronicles. Nor in the 
royal annals is there recorded any promptness like the promptness 
with which Sultan Gliiasuddin avenged his masters. Furthermore 
from the day on which he ascended the throne, he ordered that 
search should be made for any who might survive among the fami¬ 
lies of ’Alauddin and Qutbuddin, and he caused the wives of his 
benefactors to be treated with respect, and the daughters of Sultan 
’Alauddin he caused to be married to husbands of their own rank. 
But those men who, on the third day after the murder of Qutbuddin, 
had, without respect to the law, read the marriage service of his 
widow with Khusrau Khan, he punished with extreme severity. 
Also to the other nobles and chiefs and officers of ’Alauddin he gave 
lands and employment and presents; and treated them as his own 
companions. Neither would he allow them for slight causes to be 
called to give account. Also would he not follow the custom which 
is admitted among kings, of rooting out from the land the adhe¬ 
rents and supporters of those who were in authority before them. 
From the day on which he ascended the throne, Sultan Gliiasuddin 
Tughluq Shah was careful to base his government upon order and 
