The Akbarī Generations 1.10.8
Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 1.10.8
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1.10.8
One day when Humayun was riding about and hunting, he observed that as his mind was dwelling upon the invasion of India, he would ask the names of the first three persons he met, and would take them as auguries of the result. The first person they encountered, upon being asked, said, that his name was Daulat Khwaja. A little further on they met another villager, who said his name was Murad Khwaja. On this His Majesty observed how excellent it would be if the third person's name should prove to be Sa'adat Khwaja. At a short distance they met the third man, and his name really turned out to be Sa'adat Khwaja. All the king's companions were greatly surprised and impressed with this result, and became sanguine of victory in Hindustan.