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Rh and he departed into eternity. This event happened on a Friday, the twentieth of the month, one watch and three hours after daybreak, which answers to five astronomical hours after sunrise.

The intelligence of the emperor's death reached the Prince Mahomed Aazem in a few hours; he hastened back to the imperial camp, which he entered on Sunday the twenty-ninth of the same month, about one-quarter of an hour before dark, and on the next day two hours before sunrise he assisted in raising the imperial coffin and carried it a few paces on his shoulders, after which he sent it to Aurengabad.

On the morning of the eighth of the next month, he ordered the imperial music to strike up, and on the following Wednesday, which was also the day of sacrifice, Mahomed Aazem ascended the throne of his ancestors, and bent his thoughts on gaining the hearts of the nobility and on rendering his reign acceptable to his people. The next day he took possession of the imperial treasures, invited to his court the nobility of the provinces and the absent grandees of the empire, and gave a public audience; his intention being to receive every one according to his rank and station. He confirmed Rh