The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.87

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v4.c14.87

Humāyūn had been preparing, since the death of Islām Shāh, to invade India and recover his throne, and now, hearing of the confusion which prevailed in the land, where three kings claimed supremacy, and of the dissensions between the Afghān princes and nobles, resolved to carry his project into effect. One day, while taking the air, he took an omen from the names of the first three men whom he met. The first was Daulat (“Empire”), the second Murād ("Desired"), and the third Sa'ādat ("Good Fortune"). A second omen, taken from the poems of Hāfiz, fell on the ode containing the couplet:

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