The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.307
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.307
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Muhammad Shāh had now fallen sick of dropsy and grew rapidly worse. Feeling his end approaching he sent repeated messages to his son and Safdar Jang, begging them to hasten, that he might see his son once more. The army moved, therefore, with greater speed, but Ahmad failed to reach Delhi in time to see his father alive and was met at Pānīpat by the news that he had died on 26 April.