Dilawar Khan

For the Pakistani cricketer, see Dilawar Khan (cricketer).

Dilawar Khan's Mosque in Mandu

Dilawar Khan Ghori was governor of the Malwa province of central India during the decline of the Delhi Sultanate.^[1] After serving at the court in Delhi, he was appointed governor at Dhar in A.H. 793/C.E. 1390-91. Dilawar Khan took the title of 'Amid Shāh Dā'ūd and caused the khutba to be read in his name in A.H. 804/C.E. 1401-02.^[2] He passed the kingdom to his son Hoshang Shah upon his death in A.H. 809/C.E. 1406.

References

Citations

↑ Day (1965), pp. 8-24.
↑ Day (1965), p. 21.

Bibliography

Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. pp. 8–24. Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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