Shah Rukh's religious overtures and historical manipulation were the mainstream of his strategy; it was political propaganda to establish the identity of a new ruler, and to distinguish himself from his father. In his beginning’s, he began as a member of the Turkic military aristocracy, who was responsible for implementing the Timurid authority in the conquered land. We have to acknowledge that the Timurid’s history and their Tadhkiras, don't reflect the real Timurid's brutality or any of their political activities at the royal house. Shah Rukh poisoned his brother Pir Mohammed, an adamant candidate for ruling after his father, and several years later Iskandar Sultan had the similar fate, when Shah Rukh removed him from power and blinded him.