Contemporary historian Firishta mentions that one of Ahmad Shah's attendants, "Nasir ad-Din Ghulam", seized the throne after his death. 18th-century historian Ghulam Husain Salim claims that Ahmad himself was killed by two of his attendants, Shadi Khan and Nasir Khan,[1] who fought amongst themselves with Nasir Khan usurping control.[13] The nobles of Bengal managed to depose Khan within his short reign of either seven days, half a day or a few hours.