Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 8.3.5

8.3.5

Mahomed accordingly ordered the pitiful sum of 500 deenars to be sent him, upon which Musaood exclaimed: "Oh, wonderful turn of fortune! Ah, cruel reverse of fate! Yesterday, I was a mighty Prince, 3000 camels bending under my wealth; to-day I am "forced to beg, and am condemned to receive but the mere mockery of my wants." With that he borrowed 1000 deenars from his servants, and bestowed them as a present upon his brothers' messenger who had brought the 500 deenars, which he desired he might again carry back to his master. On the accession of Mahomed he advanced his son, the Prince Ahmud, to the government, reserving for himself only the name. The mind of Ahmud was by many supposed to be strongly tainted with insanity. Shortly after his accession, in the year 433, he, in conjunction with his cousin Sooliman, the son of Ameer Yoosoof Soobooktugeen, and the son of Ally Cheshawundy, went to the fort of Kurry and assassinated Musaood with his own hand, while some affirm that he caused him to be buried alive in a well. It has been by others asserted that Musaood was murdered by the orders of Mahomed himself. God only knows the truth. The reign of Musaood, according to the Towareekh-Goozeeda, lasted nine years and nine months, and according to other histories, twelve years. He was a prince of uncommon personal strength and courage, affable, and of easy access;