After the death of Sultan Mahmud, the nobles of Delhi acknowledged Daulat Khan Lodi, the most powerful of their number, as the ruler of Delhi. But he was destined to hold power only for a few months. In March, A.D. 1414, Khizr Khan, governor of Multan and its dependencies on behalf of Taimur, marched against him and took possession of Delhi by the end of May of the same year. On the 19th February, 1434, the Sultan fell victim to a conspiracy.
The nobles of Delhi then raised Muhammad, a grandson of Khzir Khan and the heir-designate of the late murdered Sultan, to the throne of Delhi. But he also became the victim of fractions and the sport of circumstances. Buhlul Khan Lodi, the governor of Lahore and Sirhind had come to help the Sultan. After the death of Muhammad Shah in A.D. 1445, the nobles declared his son to be the ruler of the shattered kingdom. The new ruler was more feeble and inefficient than his father. He made over the throne of Delhi to Buhlul Lodi in 1451.
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