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1904.] W. Haig— Some Notes on the Bahmanl Dynasty. 
(10) Offspring of Humayun Shah Zalim. 
Humayun Shah married the daughter of Mubarak Khan, a 
younger son of the eighth king, Firuz, and by this princess, who received 
the title of Makhduma-i-Jahan. invariably bestowed upon the principal 
wife of a Bahmanl king, had three sons—(1) Nizam Shah, who succeeded 
him, (2) Shamsu-d-din Muhammad, who succeeded his brother Nizam 
Shah, and (3) Jamshid 1 called by Firishta 2 Ahmad. 
(11) Offspring of Shamsu-d-dIn Muhammad Lashkari. 
Shamsu-d-din Muhammad had, so far as is known, only one son, 
who is styled by the author of the Burhan-i-Ma'asir 8 Ahmad, and 
who succeeded his father under the title of Shahabu-d-din Mahmud. 
No other writer styles this prince Ahmad, and the author of the 
Burhan-i-Ma’ a sir does not explain why he should have changed his 
name on succeeding to the throne. 
(12) Offspring of Shahabu-d-din Mahmud Shah. 
Shahabu-d-din Mahmud had three 4 sons—(1) Ahmad, (2) ‘Ala’u-d- 
din, and (3) Vali’-u-’llah, all of whom were in succession raised to 
the throne as nominal sovereigns by Amir Barid. Firishta, in the 
heading of the chapter 6 devoted to the “reign” of ‘Ala’u-d-din III, 
describes him as the son, not the brother, of his predecessor, Ahmad 
Shah; but this is an error, for he says afterwards 6 that Yali'u-’llah, 
whom he describes as the son of Mahmud Shah, followed the example 
of his “ brother ” in attempting to free himself from the influence of 
Amir Barid, so that Nizamu-d-din Ahmad is evidently correct in de¬ 
scribing 7 ‘Ala’u-d-din III as the son of Mahmud Shah. 
Of the three brothers Ahmad Shah III died after a reign of little 
more than two years, not without suspicion of poison ; ‘Ala’u-d-din Shah 
III was deposed after a reign which did not extend to two years ; and 
Vali’u-’llah Shah was poisoned after a reign of three years. 
(13) Ahmad Shah III. 
Ahmad III was, as has been said, the eldest son of Shahabu-d-din 
Mahmud Shah. There is a discrepancy as to the date of his birth. 
Nizamu-d-din Ahmad 3 gives the date as Rajab 27, A.H, 899, whereas 
1 King, p. 89. 
2 Firishta, i. 671. 
3 King, p. 116. 
4 Possibly four, if the last king of the dynasty, Kalimu-’llah, be reckoned as 
one. See the account of Kallxnu-’llah. 
& Firishta, i. 727. 
6 Ibid, 728. 7 Tabaqdt-i-Akbari, p. 436, 8 Tabaqat-i'Akbari , p, 434, 
