भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

Delhi, in keeping with the social vice of the Muslims (viz., sodomy; paragraph 729), the greatest noblemen and generals of the court had unnatural sexual relations with him, and so they were extremely solicitous about serving his whims! When after Allauddin’s death in A.D. 1316, Maliq Kafur became the chief administrator, he also came to have great regard for his abilities. Very soon, Hasan was given the title of Khushrukhan. For, even in the days of Allauddin, he was being sent independently on some small military expeditions in charge of small troops. That Hasan should become Khushrukhan and then a general in the army so rapidly, bespeaks of his exceptional qualities. But more than these qualities of his limitless love that Mubarik, the son of Allauddin, bore towards this charming young man, was responsible for such a spectacular rise. So after both Allauddin and Maliq Kafur died or were dispatched as the case may be, Mubarik got the Sultanate of Delhi mainly with Khushrukhan’s assistance and quite naturally, all the reins of the government passed easily into the hands of Khushrukhan, the dearest, ablest and the most trustworthy young nobleman of Mubarik’s court, and young Khushrukhan, too, proved wholly efficient in the discharge of his responsible job. Mubarik was vicious and pleasure- seeking by nature. Therefore, he considered it a godsend gift to have such an efficient assistant in the person of Khushrukhan to run the whole administration, and especially, a loyal executive to manage his private affairs in the harem. Devaldevi 746. When in the court of Delhi, the attractive Maliq Kafur, who was born a Hindu but converted by Allauddin to Islam, became later on the commander-in-chief and an astute politician, practically at the same time, rose in status another young, handsome, Hindu convert, Khushrukhan, who after the death of Maliq Kafur, wielded all authority at the court of Delhi. In a similar way and simultaneously enough, rose a third figure in the political circles at Delhi, who was equally important, able, and who managed the affairs of the state only with the twitch of her eyebrows, and her sidelong glances—I mean the former Hindu princess of Gujarat and the sometime wife of Shankardev Yadav of Devgiri, namely Devaldevi. 747. Of these three Hindu converts, Maliq Kafur seems later on to have wholly turned a Muslim even mentally, completely forgetting his Hindu origin, the Hindu blood running through his veins, his Hindu parentage, let alone his love for all these! But Khushrukhan and this royal princess of