Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 225.6.3

225.6.3

Jumal-ood-Deen was the bearer of a poem composed by himself on the virtues of Aboo Syeed, written in the Indian language, which he read, and which was translated by Aboo Syeed’s ambassador. It is said, this poem gratified the King of Bokhara more than any of the numerous rarities which the ambassador brought. In the year 873 advices were brought from Ghazy Khan, stating that the zemindars of Keechiwara had laid hands on part of the Malwa territory. On this information the King proceeded to punish them, sending a force in advance into the country of the Keechies; but being aware of the difficulty of carrying on operations in the interior, he built a fort which he called Julalpoor, leaving Meer Khan to keep the surrounding zemindars in subjection. After this campaign Sooltan Mahmood returned towards Mando; but having suffered severely from the heat of the weather before he left Keechiwara, he fell dangerously ill on the road, and died on the 19th of Zeekad, A. H. 873, at the age of sixty-eight. شد چو سلطان محمود مغفور سوی عقبی بفرمان داور از خرد خواستم سال فوتش گفت هاتف شدش جای در خلد “When the illustrious Sooltan Mahmood, according to the will of God, went on his long journey, ‘I asked of a courtier the date of his death, and a voice answered, “He has a place in heaven.”’”