Khusrau Shah hatched a conspiracy against Mubarak Shah. Khusrau Khan was one of the favorite of Mubarak Shah. Khusrau Shah got him murdered in 1320 and himself ascended the throne.
Peshwa or Pant Pradhan looked after finance and general administration. However, the office of Peshwa later became more powerful and the Peshwa functioned more as the prime minister. There was great focus on Intelligence and a centralised intelligence department was created.
Barani was a contemporary of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah Tughlaq both. He wrote a number of renowned texts, such as the Fatwa-i-Jahandari, which elaborates on the principles to be followed by Muslim rulers to attain merit.