[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Hindustan](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.hindustan) › [ʿImād al-saʿādat](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.hindustan.imad-al-saadat) › ['Imadu-s Sa'adat, of Mir Ghulam 'Ali (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.hindustan.imad-al-saadat~en-elliot) › 1 # ʿImad al-saʿadat 1: Death of Shuja'u-d daula. 'Imádu-s Sa'ádat, of Mír Ghulám 'Alí (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1 - **Language:** English ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.hindustan.imad-al-saadat~en-elliot.1) \[There are many stories current about the disease with which the Nawab Shuja'u-d daula was affected; some of them opposed to all reason, and others so unworthy of credence that they are not worthy of being recorded. What was constantly affirmed is, that he had a bubo (khiyarak) which suppurated. Ointment was applied to it, but so far from healing, the wound grew worse from day to day. He lived for a month and thirteen days at Faizabad, during which time, that form which had been noted for its stalwart proportions grew thin and slender as a thread; and his arms looked like reed pens in his sleeves. He died on the night of the 14th Zi-l ka'da, 1188 A.H. (1775 A.D.).\] --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.hindustan.imad-al-saadat~en-elliot.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.hindustan.imad-al-saadat~en-elliot.1) · Pramāṇa