[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Tārīkh-i Dāʾūdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi) › [Tarikh-i Daudi of 'Abdu-lla (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot) › 11.5.7 # Tarikh-i Daʾudi 11.5.7 Táríkh-i Dáúdí of 'Abdu-lla (extracts) 11.5.7 - **Language:** English ### [11.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.11.5.7) but by doing this, he injured his health, and brought on great suffering and weakness. While in this state Islám Sháh abused and spoke harshly to some of his most intimate friends and companions ; and when the King came to his senses, Táj Khán Kirání, one of his principal nobles, said to him, "May the King prosper ; this day I have heard words issue from his lips which he has not been accustomed to use." Islám Sháh said, "O Táj Khán, I had great confidence in my own strength, and I have subdued all men ; but this thing is stronger than I am, and I find myself weaker and more helpless than the ant. I now know myself!" After this he summoned Bibi Bai, and said, "I have the reins still in my hand, and have as yet lost nothing. If you desire your son to reign after me, tell me to do it, and I will cause your brother Mubariz Khan to be removed." On this Bibi Bai began to weep. Islam Shah said, "You know best." And then suddenly, as he was speaking, he gave up the ghost in the twinkling of an eye, and departed to the next world in the year 961 H. Many of the troops who were not aware of the King's illness, on receiving the unexpected intelligence of his decease, were much perturbed and distressed, as it threw their affairs into confusion. In the same year Sultan Mahmud Gujarati and Nizamu-l Mulk, of the Dekhin, also died, and the chronogram "Zawdl-i Khusrawdn" gives the date of the deaths of these three sovereigns, viz. a.h. 961. - [Previous: 11.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.11.5.6) - [Next: 11.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.11.5.8) - [Up: 11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.11.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.11.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.11.5.7) · Pramāṇa