Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.17.5

79.17.5

At this time news arrived from Kabul that Mirza Muhammad Hakim through drinking habits had brought on a number of conflicting diseases, and having fallen sick had developed a palsy. And on the twelfth of Sha'ban of the year nine hundred and ninety-three (993) he passed from this dwelling of sadness and deceit, to the world of joy and happiness : — "See how many are the revolutions of the spheres, Which bring from the dust some new fruit. When that cypress tree is decked in beauty, The wind dashes it to the ground at one blow." And on the third of the month of Ramazan messengers brought this mournful news to Court. And the Emperor had to consider to whom he should commit Kabul and Ghaznin. At first he wished to confirm the government of that country on the children of Mirza Muhammad Hakim. But when the Amirs represented that the sons of the Mirza were still of tender age, and unable to discharge the duties of government: — "Entrust not a hard matter to the young, For you must not break an anvil with your fist. Protecting subjects, and commanding an army, Are not matters of play and joke."