The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c26.47

v3.c26.47

After the dismissal of this mission Mahmūd returned to Māndū, exhausted with unceasing warfare. He was now sixty-eight years of age, and during a reign of more than thirty-three years he had preferred the song of the lark to the cheep of the mouse, and to be worn out rather than rusted out. In the course of his return march to his capital he suffered severely from the fierce heat of an Indian summer, and on June 1, 1469, shortly after his arrival at Māndū, he expired.