Person · r. 1459 (seven days)
Daud Shah
Uncle of Qutbuddin Ahmad Shah II, he was installed on the throne by the minister Imad-ul-Mulk and the nobility in 1459 but was deposed by the same nobles after seven days for ennobling a household sweeper, succeeded by his nephew Mahmud, aged fourteen.
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- vol. IV, p. 45 · read as page image
After the death of Kootb Shah, his uncle Dawood, at the instance of Imad-ool-Moolk and the rest of the nobility, was elevated to the throne; but shortly after his accession, he ennobled one of the common sweepers of the household, and conferred on him the title of Imad-ool-Moolk.