Authorities differ greatly respecting the time and place of Sháh Beg's death. The Tarkhán-náma states that it occurred in Sha'bán, 926 H., not far from Chandúka, said in the Tárikh-i Sind (MS. p. 196) to be thirty kos west of Bhakkar, and that the accession of Mirzá Sháh Husain was celebrated where Sháh Beg died.
Fírishta says he died in 930 H., but mentions no place.
Mir Ma'súm (MS. p. 154) says, he died after leaving Bhakkar, on his way to Guzerát,—in the same page Agham is the particular spot implied—and that the words Shahr-Sha'bán (“month of Sha'bán”) represent the date of his death, i.e., 928 H. (1522 A.D.). That very night, he adds, Sháh Husain was proclaimed his successor, and, three years afterwards, Sháh Beg's coffin was conveyed to Mecca, where a lofty tomb was erected over it. He mentions (MS. p. 171) that Sháh Husain's succession took place at Nasrpúr, though he has previously led us to suppose it was Agham.
The Táríkh-i Táhirí (MS. p. 49) says that his death took place in 924 H.—“some say it occurred in Multán, some in Kandahár.”
The Tuhfatu-l Kirám (MS. p. 42) states that he died at Agham on the 23rd of Sha'bán, 928 H. It is mentioned in that work also, that this month represents the date of his death. The author gives satisfactory reasons why the reports just quoted from the Táríkh-i Táhirí must necessarily be both incorrect.
Under these conflicting evidences, we may rest assurred that the chronogram is correct, and that Sháh Beg Arghún, the conqueror of Sind, died at Agham, on the 23rd of the month Sha'bán, 928 A.H. (18th July, 1522 A.D.).