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and_o of_o which_o schach_n selim_n who_o reign_v about_o the_o year_n 1620_o be_v the_o four_o the_o successor_n of_o hamayon_n myrza_n be_v his_o son_n gelaladin_n eckbar_n or_o ackbar_n or_o akebar_v otherwise_o achabar_n that_o be_v great_a or_o most_o powerful_a peruschi_n call_v he_o mahomet_n zelabdin_n he_o be_v bear_v in_o a_o territory_n call_v chaquata_n which_o lie_v northward_o between_o the_o tartar_n and_o persian_n and_o border_n southward_o upon_o india_n schach_n selim_n character_n ecbar_v death_n and_o character_n this_o eckbar_n die_v on_o the_o twenty_o seven_o day_n of_o october_n anno_fw-la 1605._o in_o the_o sixty_o three_o year_n of_o his_o age_n he_o be_v belove_v by_o all_o his_o subject_n fear_v by_o his_o noble_n and_o courteous_a to_o all_o he_o deport_v himself_o with_o equal_a moderation_n to_o stranger_n and_o to_o the_o native_n whether_o christian_n mahometans_n or_o heathen_n which_o oblige_v all_o party_n to_o he_o and_o render_v they_o devote_v 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in_o public_a with_o his_o own_o hand_n but_o however_o it_o happen_v chosrou_n die_v a_o untimely_a and_o violent_a death_n and_o leave_v a_o young_a son_n call_v sultan_n bulachi_n father_n chorrom_n rebel_n against_o his_o father_n schach_n selim_n inform_v hereof_o and_o exceed_o enrage_v against_o sultan_n chorrom_n send_v for_o he_o to_o court_n to_o give_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o murder_n which_o he_o have_v commit_v but_o chorrom_n not_o regard_v his_o father_n command_n raise_v all_o his_o force_n to_o fight_v against_o he_o and_o not_o only_o force_v his_o own_o subject_n to_o take_v up_o arm_n but_o also_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o other_o town_n which_o be_v not_o under_o his_o jurisdiction_n as_o those_o of_o cambaya_n and_o other_o place_n and_o have_v get_v a_o indifferent_a army_n accompany_v by_o some_o petty_a indian_a prince_n he_o march_v to_o agra_n which_o he_o plunder_v and_o ruin_v a_o second_o time_n his_o soldier_n commit_v great_a outrage_n and_o cruelty_n 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