Tarikh-i ʿAlamgir-i Thani 1.5

1.5

Ghaziu-d din was annoyed at the ascendency obtained by 'Akibat Mahmud Khan, * * and sent for him to make inquiries about a sum of money which he had obtained. 'Akibat Mahmud Khan answered bitterly, and Ghaziu-d din, who had before thrown out hints about killing him to Shadil Khan and Bahadur Khan, got up and went out. No sooner had he done so than these men despatched him with their swords and daggers, and cast his body on to the sand beside the river. Intelligence of the murder was brought to the Emperor when Saifu-d din Muhammad Khan, brother of 'Akibat Mahmud Khan, was present. Ghaziu-d din came on horseback soon afterwards, and embraced and consoled Saifu-d din. On that same day Ahmad Shah and his mother were brought out from their dwelling, and conducted to another, where in the evening they were both deprived of their sight, only a short time after 'Akibat Mahmud Khan was killed.