The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c13.59
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c13.59
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His unsettled life and wanderings made it impossible that he could gather round him cultured men of learning, but like most of the Mughuls he was fond of literature. His reliance on astrology gave him some interest in astronomy and this was indirectly the cause of his death, as he fell while descending from the roof of his library where he had been directing his astronomers to observe a transit of Venus, with a view to issuing orders at a lucky moment.