The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.192

v4.c16.192

Hakīm ‘Alī checked Akbar’s dysentery by administering a powerful astringent, but the result was an attack of fever and strangury, and when Salīm, on 21 October, visited the patient, his condition was so serious that he could no longer speak, though he retained consciousness. He made a sign to his son to put on the imperial turban, and to gird himself with the sword of Humāyūn, which hung at the foot of the bed, and Salīm went out acknowledged as emperor.