Khusrau’s reign lasted a few months. He was too much occupied with the affairs in Delhi. Contemporary Muslim historians were also so much engrossed in the tragic and dramatic changes taking place in Delhi to write about the situation on Deccan during Khusrau’s short-lived reign. Firishta is perhaps the only exception but he, too, dismisses it in a few paras.
From his account, it seems that Prataparudra took advantage of the confusion prevailing in Delhi, threw up the Muslim yoke and stopped sending any tribute to Delhi. He even recovered the strategic fort of Badarkot and drove out the Muslim garrison.
There were large-scale rebellions which resulted in the removal of Ain-ul-Mulk, the governor and his place was taken over by Mahmud Khan, one of the sons of Tughluq Shah.
Unfortunately, we are not aware of the details of the troubles in Deccan but these seemed to have been serious enough to invite the intervention of the Delhi emperor Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq who defeated and killed Khusrau, as related already, and taken over the reins of the government.
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He completely reversed the policy of his predecessors towards the southern kingdoms. Ala- ud-din and his successors only object in invading these Hindu states was to squeeze as much money from them as possible.
They did not like to annex these far off states and rule from distant Delhi, which they thought would only add to their difficulties. However, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq wanted to bring the whole of Deccan peninsula under his direct control.