Muntakhab al-lubab 125.3

125.3

After the departure of the two Princes, the Emperor grew much worse, and fever increased. But for the next four or five days, notwithstanding the severity of the disease, he attended carefully to the regular prayers. In this state of things Hamidu-d din Khan presented a letter containing the advice of astrologers, recommending the giving away of an elephant and of a valuable diamond in charity. To that the Emperor wrote in reply that the giving away of an elephant was the practice of the Hindus and of star-worshippers; but he sent four thousand rupees to the chief kazi, for him to distribute among the deserving. On the same letter he wrote, saying, "Carry this creature of dust quickly to the first (burial) place, and consign him to the earth without any useless coffin." It is said that he wrote a will dividing his kingdom among his sons, and entrusted it to Hamidu-d din Khan. On Friday, the 28th Zi-l ka'da, in the fifty-first year of the reign, corresponding with 1118 A.H. (Feb. 21, 1707 A.D.), after performing morning prayers and repeating the creed, at about one watch of the day, the Emperor departed this life. He was ninety years and some months old, and had reigned fifty years two months and a half. He was buried near Daulatabad by the tombs of Shaikh Burhanu-d din and other religious worthies, and of Shah Zari Zar-bakhsh, and some districts of Burhanpur were assigned for the maintenance of his tomb.