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time, and although he recovered his senses, the injury he had re¬ 
ceived was beyond cure. On the fourth day after his accident, he 
expired.” 
Marshman's Account. 
“ Six months after he had entered Delhi, while descending the 
steps of his library, he heard the muazzin’s call to prayer, and 
stopped to repeat the creed, and sat down. As he endevoured to 
rise, leaning on his staff, it slipped on the polished steps, and he 
fell over the parapet, and four days after closed his chequered 
life.” 
Murray's Account. 
“In less than a year after (his return to Delhi), descending the 
marble stairs of the palace, he fell, and was so severely bruised, 
that he expired in a few days.” 
Firishtah's Account. 
11 On the seventh of that month ( ), near the time of the 
setting of the sun, he who is now housed in paradise, coming on 
the roof of his library, sat down for a moment. And at the time 
of going down (from the roof), he suddenly heard the voice of the 
man calling to prayer. His Majesty, in order to show reverence 
and to answer the call, sat on the second step, and at the. time 
of finishing the prayer, leaning on his stick, he wished to stand 
up. The stick slipped, went away from him, and the king fall¬ 
ing from the stairs came on the ground. When his courtiers, 
being astounded, brought his Majesty senseless into the daulat- 
Jchdnah, he after awhile revived and began to speak. The physi¬ 
cians busied themselves in devising remedies, which were however 
useless. On the eleventh of the same month, at the time of the 
setting of the sun, he took his flight to his holy resting-place.” 
Account given in the Siyar ul MutaalchMarin. 
“ Humayun had a knowledge of astrology and greatly desired 
to study the planets. One day there was a conjecture that Yenus 
would rise somewhat late. In the evening, in order that he might 
see that planet, he went on to the top of the roof of his library. 
There standing for a moment, he wished to descend. The muazzin 
