Person · r. 1526 (about four months)
Mahmud Shah II
Younger brother of Sikandar Shah, he was installed on the throne by the minister Imad-ul-Mulk under the title Mahmud Shah II after Sikandar's assassination in 1526, but was deposed within about four months when his elder brother Bahadur arrived from Delhi and was acknowledged king by the nobles.
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- vol. IV, p. 101 · read as page image
Nuseer Khan, the King's younger brother, was raised to the throne by Imad-ool-Moolk, under the title of Mahmood Shah. All the officers went through the usual forms of congratulations to the new monarch.