Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 223.3.6

223.3.6

and the officers of his household, fearing lest Ghizny Khan should succeed to the crown, consulted together, and resolved to remove the King, even in his weak state, to Mando, where they proposed releasing the Prince Oothman, and placing him on the throne. On the following morning, being the 9th of Zeehuj, they carried their purpose so far into effect, as absolutely to place the King (who was quite senseless) in his palanquin, and to take him away from the camp on the road to Malwa; but they had not gone far before he died, — after a reign of thirty years. Mahmood Khan, accompanied by the Prince Ghizny Khan, followed the King’s palanquin to bring it back; but the officers of the household declared that it was his Majesty’s pleasure that he should be removed towards Mando, and that they had only acted in compliance with his orders. On the King’s death, Mahmood Khan issued a proclamation in the name of the Prince Ghizny Khan, setting forth the circumstance, and declaring the nomination of his eldest son to the succession. After which his Majesty, being laid out in state, was conveyed to Mando, where his body was buried in a stone vault, which is still to be seen. The date of his death will be found in the three last words of the following distich: — cys lle 3% ge SEBS ge LESS lo Sgaw Fidyd lb 205 LS dol $03