Person · r. 1378 (1 month)

Daud Shah

داؤد شاہ

Seized the throne in 1378 immediately after murdering his nephew Mujahid Shah and having the nobility acknowledge him as heir presumptive; he was himself assassinated at Friday prayers a little over a month later.

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vol. II, p. 341 · read as page image Dawood Khan, having left the body of his murdered nephew and sovereign, went out of the tent, and on the same day required the nobility and officers present to acknowledge him as sovereign. He was, in fact, heir presumptive to the crown, Mujahid Shah having no children.