Person · r. 1568 – 1574 (usurper)
Tufal Khan
Regent and minister to the child king Burhan Imad Shah, whom he usurped and imprisoned, taking the royal title himself; defeated by Murtaza Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar at Narnala, he was captured with Burhan and died with him in confinement, ending the Imad Shahi line.
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- The Quietest Throne: Berar under the Imad Shahis — 7 sources
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- vol. III, p. 491 · read as page image
Toofal Khan, assisted by the ruler of Kandeish and by the Nizam Shahy court, usurped the government. He eventually confined his sovereign in irons in the fort of Narnala, and assumed the title of King.
- vol. III, p. 492 · read as page image
But in the year 980 he again marched against Toofal Khan, under the pretence of releasing the imprisoned prince from his confinement in Narnala.
- vol. III, p. 493 · read as page image
Toofal Khan, supposing that a large party had gained the works, and himself being left with a very few attendants, fled into the contiguous hills, without making any attempt to defend the place... Syud Hoossein Astrabady, who was sent in pursuit, overtook Toofal Khan on the third day, and brought him to the royal camp.
- vol. III, p. 494 · read as page image
Moortuza Nizam Shah, instead of placing the captive monarch on the throne of Berar, sent him with the usurper Toofal Khan, and his son Shumsheer-ool-Moolk, to be confined in one of the Nizam Shahy forts, where, it is said, they were all three subsequently strangled by the King's order.