The Book of Akbar 192.3
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 192.3
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His Majesty approved of this proposal from the practical point of view, but out of his pure nature and well-meaningness he declined to adopt it, and said they had now set out for a foreign land and had entered on a long journey, and that he would not give up his plans. Once more he committed his Majesty, the king of kings, to the protection of the God of Glory, the repeller (daf'i) of evils, and supporter (rāfi') in dangers, and taking the eternal counsels as his guide and the everlasting favour as his helper in place and out of place, he fixed the saddle of dominion on the steed of enterprise, and the foot of forward-faring in the stirrup of trust and proceeded on his way.