Person · r. 1316 (three months)
Shihabuddin Umar
Placed on the throne at about six years old in 1316 under a forged will naming him heir and Malik Kafur regent; deposed the same year by his elder brother Mubarak, who had him blinded and imprisoned for life.
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- vol. I, p. 383 · read as page image
Mullik Kafoor assembled the omras, and produced a spurious testament of the deceased King, in which his youngest son, the Prince Oomur Khan was appointed his successor, and Mullik Kafoor regent, during his minority... Oomur Khan, then in the seventh year of his age, was accordingly placed on the throne, and Mullik Kafoor began his administration.
- vol. I, p. 384 · read as page image
Meanwhile, Mullik Kafoor, as a cloak to his designs, placed the young King every day upon the throne, and ordered the nobles to pay their respects as usual.