The Book of Akbar 119.4
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 119.4
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119.4
On the night of Wednesday, 17 Sha'ban, 807 (18th February, 1405) in the village (mauza‘) of Utrar which is 76 leagues (farsakh) from Samarqand, he, by the irresistible order of God turned his face towards the eternal city and rode the steed of life into the spacious abode of the everlasting world. They brought his sublime corse to Samarqand with the respect due to so great a man. The following lines record the years of the events of this world-adorner. Quatrain. Sultan Timur is he to whom no king was like; In 736, he came into existence; In 771, he ascended the throne, In 807, he bade the world adieu.