Muntakhab al-tawarikh 53.8

53.8

Sultan Buhlul made an attempt to conquer Jaunpur, accordingly name of Bāyazīd, and having arrived at Dholpūr levied several mans of gold as tribute from the Rai of that place; then passing by Bari went to Ilāhpūr, one of the dependencies of the fortress of Ranthanbhur, and having laid waste that country came to Dihli and remained there. Some time after this he hastened to Hissar Firoza, where he remained a few days and then returned to Dihli. Once more he went to Gwāliār, where Raja Mān the Governor of Gwāliār sent an offering of eighty lacs of tankahs of that period; accordingly Buhlūl confirmed him at Gwāliār, and proceeded to Itawa, and was making his way back to Dihli when he was taken ill in the neighbourhood of a township of the dependencies of Sakit. And in the year 894 H. (1488 A.D.) he died, the duration of his reign was thirty-eight years, eight months and eight days. Verse. Whether it be Afrasiyāb or his son Zāl, He will meet with chastisement at the hand of Fate. To a cup whose measure the wine-bearer has appointed It is impossible to add a single drop, however much you may strive. Whether it be a king or a ... Fate brings to his hearing the summons of death. The date of his death: In eight hundred and ninety and four The world-conquering Khedive Bahlul left the world; With his sword he seized provinces, but for all his bright sword and burnished dagger, He was not able to repel death.