द्वितीय राजतरङ्गिणी (जोनराज - कल्हणोत्तर मध्यकालीन कश्मीर का प्रामाणिक इतिहास)

THIRD SERIES.
BOOK IV.
On the third day the Saidas hastily held a council
among themselves and decided to bestow the kingdom
on Mahmadakhāna. They wished to place the prince
on the throne, and were in haste, and had no time to
lose. This prince, beautiful as Gonarda, was aged
seven years; he was named Mahmadashāha and was
placed on the throne. Various things were placed
beside the throne, but the king's hand first lighted on
a bow, leaving alone the articles of food; and when
those who were near saw this unerring sign, they declared
that there would be frequent wars in the kingdom.
The beautiful boy-king looked graceful as he sat on the
throne and under the umbrella, and diffused gladness
to all, like the young watery moon. The Saidas wore
white clothes dotted with red, which gave a reddish
complexion to their features, as if they were smeared
with the blood of the civil war which was to
break out like a disease. Hossanakhāna, the king's
younger brother, graceful in form, appeared before the
boy-king, even as the planet Jupiter appears before the
planet Mars. Like the Lokāloka mountains that cause
light and darkness to the world, the people on that
day felt both grief and joy, owing to the death of the