Storia do Mogor 106: Death of Mir Jumlah.

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Having put the fortress (Hajo) in order, he went back to Dhakah to enjoy the wealth that by this victory he had added to his store. There in a few days he fell ill with a retention of urine. Perceiving Fate approaching to sever with her shears the thread of his life, he sent for his wife, to whom he spoke at length, consoling her by the fact that though he was dying he left a son behind and a grandson. For them he gave her some magnificent diamonds, which she was to make over to them herself. She was to receive them on behalf of her son ; and he charged her to have great care of the little one. Then he wrote a letter to Aurangzeb, wherein he informed him that there was now no time to display to him his fidelity, or to prove the eagerness with which he ever accepted any project that could result in His Majesty's glory. He hoped that in remembrance of his fidelity Aurangzeb would extend his favour to his son, Muhammad Amin Khan ; but above all he besought a favourable reception for his grandson, Mirza 'Abdullah, so that he might be accounted one of the royal slaves. In a few hours the great Mir Jumlah, who by rebellion against the King of Gulkandah caused the ruin of that kingdom, who aided Aurangzeb with counsel, arms, and wealth in the seizure of Shahjahan, the beheadal of Dara, the seizure of Murad Bakhsh, and the extinction of Shah Shuja', ended in the grave all his glories, leaving behind him much to be said of him, both in praise of his prudence and courage and in condemnation of the treachery done to two kings — namely, to Qutb Shah, King of Gulkandah, and the great Shahjahan, emperor of the Moguls.