[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) › [History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs) › 66.2.9 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 66.2.9 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 66.2.9 - **Language:** English ### [66.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.9) In this state, enquiring one day of his youngest son, Mahmood, who had been reading with his tutor, what book he had been studying, the youth replied, the Bostan of Sady, repeating the following passage as his lesson of that day : — " I have heard that Jumsheed, that compound of excellence, caused these words to be engraved on a marble fountain: 'Many like me have viewed this fountain, but they are gone, and their eyes closed for ever. I conquered the world by valour and prudence, but was unable to subdue the power of the grave.' " The King sighed at the recital, and calling his sons Dawood and Mahomed to him, said, " This is my last breath, and with it I conjure you, as ye value the permanence of the kingdom, to "agree with each other. Mahomed is my successor: submission and loyalty to him is your first duty in this world, and will ensure you happiness in the next." He then sent for his treasurer, and committed to each of his sons a sum of money to be distributed instantly among the poor. Having done which, they returned to inform him his wishes had been fulfilled; when he exclaimed, "Praise be to God," and instantly resigned his life to the Creator of all things. The death of Alla-ood-Deen Hussun happened eleven years, two months, and seven days, after his accession to the throne, on the 1st of Rubbee-ool-Awul, 759, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. - [Previous: 66.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.8) - [Next: 66.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.10) - [Up: 66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.9) · Pramāṇa