The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.101
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.101
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Husain II was a dissolute and bloodthirsty youth who had inherited his father's malady, and his deeds of violence and dark threats so alarmed his nobles that they deposed, imprisoned, and finally murdered him, and on April 1, 1589, raised to the throne his cousin Ismā'īl, the younger son of Burhān-ud-dīn, who had fled from the wrath of his brother Murtazā and was now in the service of the emperor Akbar.