The Book of Akbar 123: Sultan Abu Sa'id Mlrza.

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Sultan Abu Sa'id Mlrza's auspicious birth was in 830 (1427) and he became Sultan when he was 25. For 18 years he ruled Turkistan, Transoxiana, Badakhshan, Kabul, Ghaznin, Qandahar and the borders of Hindustan and in the end of his reign, 'Iraq too came into his possession. And with this prosperity and extent of territory which might become a thousand-fold source of intoxication, he was discreet and open-minded and sought for enlightenment from dervishes and ascetics. In 872 (1468) Mlrza Jahan Shah, son of Qara Yusuf, the ruler of Azarbaijan, had marched to put down Azun Hasan Aqquyanlu but owing to his great carelessness and complete want of