Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.2.6

77.2.6

And Shaikh Gada-i Kamboh and the others, said to the Emperor, “Since this is your Majesty’s first war against the infidels, you should flesh your sword in this unbeliever, for such an act would have great reward.” But the Emperor replied, “Why should I strike him now that he is already as good as dead? If sensation and activity were left in him I would do so.” Then the Khan Khanan was the first to strike his sword into him, as an act of religious warfare, and following his example, Gada-i Shaikh, and the others, deliberately made an end of him. Thus was fulfilled the saying, “What is the good of killing one who is going to be burnt?” And they found this mnemosynon for the date:— “If through treachery, deceit, and fraud great Dehli fell, By Fate’s decree, into the hand of Hindu Hemun; Muhammad Akbar, that Shah whose glory reached the sky, By help of God captured that black-faced Hindu Hemun. Creation’s scribe on lasting tablet with pen of power Wrote concerning that day: He seized Hindu Hemun.”