The Book of Akbar 144.4

144.4

When his Majesty Giti-sitani Firdaus-makani was at the height of his disorder, Mir Khalifa took a short-sighted view — as is the nature of mankind — and from a suspicion that he entertained about his Highness Jahanbani wished to place Mahdi Khwaja on the throne. The Khwaja too, from his evil disposition and wickedness and folly, gave way to vain thoughts and coming every day to the Darbar, made a disturbance. At last by the intervention of right-speaking, far-sighted men, Mir Khalifa was brought to the true path and passing from such thoughts, forbade the Khwaja to appear at the Darbar, and also prohibited anyone from visiting him. Thus, by the Divine aid, things came to their own place, and Right was fixed in its own centre. He (Babar) left this world on 6th Jumada'l-awwal, 937, in the Caharbagh, on the banks of the Jumna in Agra. The eloquent of the Age composed chronograms and elegies about his Majesty. Among them was this chronogram by Maulana Shihab Mu‘ammai (the Enigmatist). Verse. Humayun becomes his kingdom’s heir. It would be impossible even if volumes were employed to detail the perfections of this Holy One. Among them he possessed the eight essentials of empire, viz. (1) high fortune; (2) great designs; (3) conquering power; (4) administrative capacity; (5) civilising faculty; (6) devotion to the welfare of God's servants; (7) the cherishing of the army; (8) the restraining it from evil. And in acquired accomplishments, he was at the head of his Age.