Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.2.8

61.2.8

Every beautiful-faced one, whose beauty is unapproachable With that one, to thy heart’s content, take thy delight. This world is a dream in the opinion of the wise, Do thou at last see this dream and take it. Thy life, O Qadin, is as a fairy-tale of enchantment, Thou hast heard the tale, take the spell of enchantment. When the hand of Death tears the sleeve of thy existence Raise thy hand, Shah, and the son of Mulla Ahmad Junaid, who is well known, found this verse of the sacred word: “And already we have written in the Psalms, after the admonition that ‘the earth shall my righteous servants inherit,’ ” to give the date of his accession. He wrote a despatch to his elder brother ‘Adil Khan and sent it to him in Ranthanbur, of which the following is the substance. “Although the succession was really your right, still as you were at so great a distance there was a danger, nay a certainty of the occurrence of disturbances here before you could arrive. Accordingly with a view to keep down insurrections, I will take charge of the army for a few days as your deputy, and after you arrive I shall have no alternative but to submit to and obey you.” Leaving Kalinjar he made for Agra and in the vicinity of the township of Kura Ghatampur, Khawass Khan arrived from Sihrind which was his jaegir, and yielded a forced allegiance, because he was more inclined to favour the accession of ‘Adil Khan as compared with Islam Shah; a splendid banquet was held and he was anew placed on the throne.