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per fubje&ion. Alla confented to Cafoor’s propofal, and 
he accordingly proceeded to the Deccan with an imrpenfe 
army. He firft feized the rajah of Deogur, and inhumanly 
put him to death ; then ravaging the countries of Mahrat, 
Connir, Dabul, Giwil, Raijore, and Mudkil, accumula¬ 
ted an immenfe wealth. In the mean while, Alla became 
extremely indifpofed; and fent melfengers for the army 
to return. Cafoor, who had before afpired to the empire, 
now began to form fchemes for the extirpation of the 
royal line. He, for this purpofe, infinuated to the king, 
that Chizer, his eldelt fon, the queen, and his general 
Alip, had confpired againft his life. Alla could not give 
credit to thefe infinuations ; but, fending for Chizer into 
his prefence, embraced him, to try his affeftion ;-and, 
feeing him weep, he was convinced of his filial attach¬ 
ment and regard. Cafoor, at length, however, by a thou- 
fand wiles and ftratagems, accomplifhed his purpofe, and 
prevailed upon the king to imprifon his two elder foils, 
Chizer and Shadi, in the fort of Gwalior, and their mo¬ 
ther in the old citadel. Heat the fame time procured an 
order to feize Alip, who was unjuftly put to death. Thefe 
1,'famous tranfaftions ftirred up a general inlurrecHon ; 
and Alla, weakened by his diforder, and rent with dif- 
traftion and defpair, yielded up the ghoft, in the year of 
the hegira 716, A. D. 1316, after reigning twenty years 
and four months. 
Immediately after his death, Cafoor affembled the om- 
rahs, and produced a fpurious will of the deceafed ful- 
tan, in which he had appointed Omar, his youngeft fon, 
his fucceffor, and Cafoor himfelf regent 5 fetting afide 
the inheritance of Chizer and the other princes. Omar, 
then only in the feventh year of his age, was placed on 
the throne, and Cafoor began his adminiftration. The 
firft ftep which the traitor took, was to fend to Gwalior, 
to put out the eyes of the elder princes Chizer and Shadi. 
His orders were rigoroufly executed; and the fultana, 
their mother, was put into clofer confinement, and all 
her wealth feized. Mubarick, the third fon of Alla, was 
alfo taken into cuftody, with an intention to have his 
eyes put out, like his unhappy brothers. Cafoor, though 
an eunuch, married the mother of Omar, the late fultan’s 
third wife. But the mother of Mubarick, Alla’s fecond 
wife, having heard that the regent intended to put out 
the eyes of her fon, acquainted the omrah Nizam of her 
intelligence, and it was prevented. Cafoor, however, 
fent fome aflaflins to cut off the prince Mubarick; but, 
when they entered his apartment, he conjured them to 
remember his father, whofe fervants they had been; and, 
untying a ftring of jewels from his neck, he gave it them. 
They in confequence abandoned their purpofe;' but, quar¬ 
relling about the divifion of the jewels, it was propofed 
to carry them to the chief of the guards, and acquaint 
him of what the prince hadfaid, and of their inftruftions 
- from Cafoor. The commander of the guards, who owed 
every thing to the favour of the deceafed fultan, was fhocked 
at the infamy of Cafoor; and, finding his people of the 
fame fentiments, they haftened to the regent’s apartment, 
and affaflinated him, as a monfler too wicked to exift 
among mankind. Mubarick then depofed his brother, 
and, claiming his right of primogeniture, fucceded to the 
imperial dignity. But, according to the barbarous policy 
of thofe days, he deprived Omar of his eyes, and confined 
him for life in the fort of Gwalior. 
Mubarick afcended the throne in the year of the hegira 
717, or A. D. 1317; when, in remembrance of his late 
critical fituation, he ordered all the prifons to be opened, 
by which means feventeen thoufand wretched captives 
were bleffed with the light of day ; and all the exiles were 
by proclamation recalled. He then commanded to be gi¬ 
ven to the army a prefent of fix months pay, and confer¬ 
red many private favours -and benefits. In the fecond 
year of his reign, he railed a great army, and marched 
towards the Deccan, to chaftife Hirpaldeo, the fon-in-law 
of Ramdeo, who, by the afllftance of the other princes of 
the Deccan, had recovered his country When he arrived 
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near Deogur, Hirpaldeo and the other princes, who were 
then befieging the place, fled 3 but fome omrahs being or¬ 
dered to purfue Hirpaldeo, he was brought back prifoner, 
flayed alive, and beheaded; upon which the province re¬ 
turned to its allegiance. 
The vi&orious fultan, now finding himfelf in peaceful 
pofleflion of all his kingdoms, gave a lool'e to revelry and 
lull, and confided the management of the army to his fa¬ 
vourite general Chofro; who defired leave to make an ex¬ 
pedition to the coalt of Malabar; where, as ufual, the 
Mohammedans were victorious. He plundered the coun¬ 
try of about one hundred and twenty elephants, a dia¬ 
mond of the weight of one hundred and fixty-eight ruttys, 
with other jewels, and gold to a prodigious amount. His 
ambition was increafed by his wealth ; and he alfo began 
to afpire to the throne. He returned to the court of Delhi, 
where engaging a gang of affaffins, and enticing over a 
number of the omrahs to his intereft by the lucre of gold, 
he feized the favourable opportunity ; and, as Mubarick 
was entering the harem, Chofro rufhed forward, and, 
feizing him by the hair in the gallery, ftruggled with him 
for fome time. Mubarick, being the ftronger, threw 
Chofro on the ground; but, as he had twilled his hand in 
his hair, he could by no means difengage himfelf; fo that 
the other confpirators had time to come up, and with U 
ltroke of a fibre cut off his head. The confpirators then 
fliut the gates, and maflacred all wlio had not the good 
fortune to efcape; particularly the younger children of 
the emperor. Then, breaking into the harem, they com¬ 
mitted all manner of violence upon the women. Thus 
the vengeance of heaven at length overtook and extermi¬ 
nated the race of Alla, for his ingratitude to his uncle 
Ferofe, and theftreamsof innocent blood which had flowed 
by his hands. This event took place in the year of the 
hegira 721, or A. D. 1321. Chofro, furrounded by his 
creatures, mounted the throne, and alfumed the title of 
the Sultan of the Moll High. He then ordered all the 
domeltics of Mubarick to be maflacred, and their wives 
and children to be fold for Haves; but he was himfelf, 
very foon after, put to death in a general infurreftion of 
the omrahs, whom his tyranny had driven from Delhi, and 
by whofe united voice was exalted to the throne, Tuglick, 
a prince of Patan del'cent, who had been made governor 
of Lahore and Moultan. 
Tuglick began his reign by regulating the affairs of his 
government, and clearing his palace of the parafites and 
harpies with which it had been too long infefted. He 
repaired the palaces and fortifications, founded others, and 
encouraged induftry and commerce. Men of genius and 
learning were called about him; and the higher appoint¬ 
ments of the ftate were filled with omrahs of real merit 
and worth. But the reign of this meritorious fultan was 
of fhort duration. Returning from an expedition into 
the country of Bengal, and being met by his eldeft fon 
Jonah, with all the nobles of Delhi, to offer their relpeft- 
ful congratulations ; he was led into a wooden houfe or 
flied, that had been erefled by Jonah, for the purpofe of 
giving his father fome elegant refrefhments. The enter¬ 
tainment being over, the king was preparing to mount, 
and every body haftened out to be ready to accompany 
him; when the roof of the building fell fuddenly in, and 
killed the fultan on the fpot, with five of his attendants. 
The death of Tuglick happened in the year of the hegira 
725, or A. D. 1325, after a reign of about four years. 
Jonah, his eldeft fon, then afcended the throne by the 
title of Mohammed III. on which occafion the ftreets of 
Delhi were ftrewed with flowers, the lioufes adorned, and 
every demonftration of joy exhibited. The new emperor 
ordered fome elephants, loaded with gold and filver, before 
and behind him, which was fcattered among the popu¬ 
lace ; and thus his generality, like his wealth, appeared to 
be wdthout bounds. 
The fultan, called by war to vifit his foutliem domi¬ 
nions, became fo pleafed with the fituation and ftrength 
of Deogur, in the Deccan, that, conndering it more cen¬ 
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