Muntakhab al-lubab 178.6

178.6

[Text, vol. ii. p. 829.] The Emperor Rafi'u-d Darajat was suffering from consumption (dikk). The physicians, under the orders of the Saiyids, did all they could to cure him, but without success. This monarch had not the slightest control in matters of government. * * * Sorrow increased his illness, and he became so helpless that the two brothers considered as to which of the imprisoned princes should be named successor. Rafi'u-d Darajat said that if, in his lifetime, the khutba were read, and coins struck in the name of his elder brother, Rafi'u-d Daula, it would be a great kindness, and very acceptable to him. The Saiyids consented. Three days after Rafi'u-d Daula ascended the throne, Rafi'u-d Darajat died. He had reigned six months and ten days.