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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 363
his kingdom by his own son ! O strange are the works
of fate !
The king had placed his son Ebrāhima Khāna as a
hostage in the house of the lord of Gaja. But there
scattered by the tempest of a battle with the Turuṣhkas,
the soldiers of the prince escaped with their valuable
lives, as by a boat in a sea. It was because the
prince was destined to obtain a kingdom hereafter, that
he escaped with his life from that battle. He grew in
the affection of his father and came to Kashmīra. In
the meantime Chakrapati intended to usurp the
kingdom, and his evil design afflicted the king
even like cholera ; and as a physician treats a
difficult disease by strong measures, even so Chakrapati
in anger cast the king's confidential persons Malleka
Laddabhaṭṭa and others into prison. Now Ālimera had
been confined in the house of Tāja Chakra ; but one
night Ālimera's followers deceived the guards, took him
out of the prison, and removed him to a distance. Chakra
became angry with Mahammada Shāha on account of his
ill behaviour and harsh and abusive language and set
him aside in a few days, even as Rāhu obscures the
moon during eclipse. Thus was king Mahammada
dethroned after reigning in Kashmīra for eleven years,
ten months, and ten days. The pain which the Khāna
had endured on his being blinded was now borne by the
king on his being deposed. Virtue bears fruit in time,
but the effect of plucking out the prince's eyes was seen