[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [History (Ghaznavid, Ghurid, Ilkhanid, Timurid)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh) › [حبیب السیر](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar) › [Habibu-s Siyar of Khondamir (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar~en-elliot) › 16 # حبیب السیر 16: A short account of the opposition of Mas'ud to his father and of the death of Mahmud. Habíbu-s Siyar of Khondamír (extracts) 16 - **Language:** English ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar~en-elliot.16) Historians who wear the mantle of praises, and composers clothed in the garb of felicity, have related that Sultan Mahmud loved his younger son Muhammad better than Mas'ud. On account of this, he preferred him as the heir-apparent, and one day, before the taking of 'Irak, he asked Mas'ud how he would behave towards his brother. Mas'ud answered, "I shall follow the example of my father, and behave towards my brother in the same way as you behaved to yours." I have mentioned the quarrel of Mahmud with his brother Isma'il before, so there is no need of a repetition. My only object in mentioning this is, that when Mahmud heard this speech from Mas'ud, it entered into his mind that he would remove Mas'ud to a distance from the metropolis of Ghaznin, so that after his death war and quarrelling might not take place between the two brothers. On this account, having undertaken a journey to 'Irak, when he had brought that country into the courtyard of subjection, he gave it to Mas'ud, and said, "You must swear that after my death you will not oppose your brother." Mas'ud answered, "I will take this oath at the time when you feel an aversion to me." Mahmud said, "Why do you speak to me like this?" Mas'ud answered, "If I am your son, I surely have a right to your property and treasures." Mahmud said, "Your brother will render to you your dues : do you swear that you will not carry on war with your brother, and that you will not display enmity towards him?" Mas'ud said, " If he will come and swear that according to our precious laws he will render to me my due out of your worldly effects, then I will promise not to display enmity towards him, but he is now in Ghaznin, and I in Re ; how then can the affair be furthered?" Mas'ud, from his excessive haughtiness, and from his covetousness to obtain the idle vanities of the world, showed his presumption and spoke in this harsh manner to his father. The Sultan bade him adieu, and directed his steps towards Ghaznin, where, after his arrival, he laid his side on the carpet of weakness, and died, either of consumption or of disease of the liver, (for there are two opinions urged on this point) on Thursday, the 23rd of Rabi'u-l akhir, 421 H. (1030 A.D.). His funeral rites were performed on a night whilst it was raining, and he was buried in the blue palace at Ghaznin. - [Previous: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar~en-elliot.15) - [Next: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar~en-elliot.17.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar~en-elliot.16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.tarikh.habib-al-siyar~en-elliot.16) · Pramāṇa