Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.32.1

78.32.1

(P. 198). On the 16th of the month Jamada’-s-sani (l-awwal) of this year his reverence the pole-star of pole-stars, the depository of spiritual guidance, and refuge of saintships (successor to that godlike Ghaus, that divine pole-star, Shaikh Muhi-ud-din ‘Abd-ul-qadir Jilani) Miyan Shaikh Daud Jahni Wal passed from this transitory world to the garden of Eden, and “O Shaikh Daud Walī” was found to give the date. And the author found the following mnemosynon: “Perfection of victory.” After the Emperor’s return from his journey to Ajmir in the month Zi-ul qa‘dah of the year nine hundred and eighty-two (982) the building of the ‘Ibadat-khanah, consisting of four halls, near the new palace in Fathpur, took place. An account of the details thereof, not devoid of prolixity, will, if the glorious God will permit, be written on a suitable occasion.