Maʾathir-i Rahimi 1.5

1.5

During his entire reign of fifty-two years, no neighbouring Prince of Hindustan made an incursion into his territories, and notwithstanding that the Afghan kings are notorious for their malignity and turbulence, they were not able to move from their homes during his supremacy, so that all quarters were subject to his victorious sword. Whoever dared to lift his head from loyalty and subjection never escaped with life. Akbar died at Agra on the 23rd Jamadu-l awwal, A.H. 1014, after a reign of fifty-two years. The date of his death is found to be represented by the letters in the words “faut-i Akbar Shah,” “the death of Akbar Shah.”