A history of the Deccan . CHAPTER IV. THE GULBURGA SULTANS. — MUHAMMED ULTAN Alla-ud-Din was suc-ceeded by his eldest son Muham-med (1st Rabee-ul-Awul 759H— 1357). EverythiHg inIndia depends upon personalinfluence, and no sooner didthe news spread that Alla-ud-Din was dead, than the HindooKings of Vijayanagar andTelingana, hoping to take ad-vantage of a young king on alately-established throne, notonly refused to send tribute,but demanded the restorationof the districts taken from them by the late Sultan. MuhammedShah was not at first in a position to punish this treas
A history of the Deccan . CHAPTER IV. THE GULBURGA SULTANS. — MUHAMMED ULTAN Alla-ud-Din was suc-ceeded by his eldest son Muham-med (1st Rabee-ul-Awul 759H— 1357). EverythiHg inIndia depends upon personalinfluence, and no sooner didthe news spread that Alla-ud-Din was dead, than the HindooKings of Vijayanagar andTelingana, hoping to take ad-vantage of a young king on alately-established throne, notonly refused to send tribute,but demanded the restorationof the districts taken from them by the late Sultan. MuhammedShah was not at first in a position to punish this treasury was very low, owing to the enormous expenditurewhich he had incurred during the festivities which followedhis accession, and to his having also sent his mother on a THE GULBUBGA SULTANS. — MUHAMMED SHAH. 35 pilgrimage to Mecca accompanied by a large train of hisnobles and chiefs. Accordingly, he prolonged negociationswith the ambassadors sent to him, and sent others to theCourts of the Rajahs with instructions to gain as much time aspossible. As soon, however, as h
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