Person · r. 1457 – 1458
Muhammad Shah Sharqi
The eldest son of Mahmud Shah, proclaimed king as Muhammad Shurky in 1457, he had his brother Hussun Khan murdered, drove his mother and remaining brothers into revolt, and was killed by an arrow while fleeing his brother Husain's forces after a reign of five months.
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- vol. IV, p. 370 · read as page image
Mahmood Shurky was seized with severe illness, and died in camp, after a reign of twenty years.
- vol. IV, p. 371 · read as page image
Mahmood was succeeded by his eldest son Bheekun Khan, who caused himself to be proclaimed King, under the title of Mahomed Shurky.
- vol. IV, p. 373 · read as page image
his mother, having gained over his armour-bearer to her interest, persuaded him to take off the points from all the arrows in his quiver. It was in this defenceless condition that he was killed by an arrow entering his throat.