The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.481

v3.c20.481

The cause of the child king was hopeless and Khvāja Jahān repaired as a suppliant to the camp and was kindly received and pardoned, against the advice of the officers of the army, but as he was retiring to Sāmāna, where he proposed to spend the rest of his life in seclusion, he was followed by an officer entitled Sher Khān, who put him to death.