Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mahaifin Qutb al-Din ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin malik Shah-i Shahan a Sistan a lokacin da ba shi da shi yayin yakin neman zabe tare da Timur. Bayan mutuwar Shams al-Din Shah 'Ali, malik ya zaɓi Qutb al-Din a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa. Dukansu Shah-i Shahan da Qutb al-Din sun halarci yakin da Timur ya yi da Ottoman
a cikin 1402; a kan dawowar tafiya Shah-i Shahan ya mutu kuma Timur ya nada Qutb al-Din a matsayin magajinsa.