“I have heard that Jumsheed, that compound “of excellence, caused these words to be engraved “on a marble fountain: ‘Many like me have viewed “this fountain, but they are gone, and their eyes “closed for ever. I conquered the world by “valour and prudence, but was unable to subdue “the power of the grave.’”

The King sighed at the recital, and calling his sons Dawood and Mahomed to him, said, “This “is my last breath, and with it I conjure you, as “ye value the permanence of the kingdom, to “agree with each other. Mahomed is my suc-“cessor: submission and loyalty to him is your “first duty in this world, and will ensure you “happiness in the next.” He then sent for his treasurer, and committed to each of his sons a sum of money to be distributed instantly among the poor. Having done which, they returned to inform him his wishes had been fulfilled; when he ex­claimed, “Praise be to God,” and instantly resigned his life to the Creator of all things. The death of

Rubbee-ool-
Awul 1.
A. H. 759.
Feb. 10.
A. D. 1358.

Alla-ood-Deen Hussun happened eleven years, two months, and seven days, after his accession to the throne, on the 1st of Rubbee-ool-Awul, 759, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.

Alla-ood-Deen Hussun being once asked how he contrived without great treasures or armies to attain royalty, he replied, by kindnesses to my friends, generosity to my enemies, and by courtesy and liberality to all mankind. It has been asserted that he was descended from Bahmun, one of the an­cient kings of Persia, and I, the author, have even seen a pedigree of him so derived, in the royal library of Ahmudnuggur; but it was probably only framed, after his accession to the throne, by flatterers and poets, for I believe his origin was too obscure to admit of being traced. The appellation of Bah-muny he certainly took out of compliment to his master, Gungoo, the bramin, a word often pro­nounced bâhmun. The King himself was by birth an Afghan.