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

396 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
peared double in number. It seemed as if the stars
which were concealed by the smoke, saw the flaming
fire and fled away in fear.
The king went to heaven after having enjoyed plea-
sures for nine years, as if to convey there the tidings
of the troubles which arose from famine. His son then
accepted the kingdom, whereupon Abdāla Khāna, the
brother of the new king's father, became angry and sent
a messenger to his nephew with the message saying that
it was the practice of the family that when a brother
died a brother took his post, why then should he aspire
to the kingdom. After Abdāla Khāna had sent the
messenger, he fought a battle with Yosobha Shāha at
Sekandarapura, in which he destroyed the army of his
enemy, and then went to heaven, as if out of curiosity
to see his brother. King Yosobha then took possession
of the kingdom, and gave such rich gifts to the people
as to make them forget Karṇa and Māndhāt of ancient
time.
Then Momāra Khāna came from a distant country
to fight, as if invited by a combination of king's misfor-
tunes. Mahmada Khāna, a servant of king Yosobha,
fought with him near Diddāmaṭha. The flames from
the fire arms flashed amidst the great mass of dark dust
and looked like lightnings playing among the clouds.
Mahmada Khāna fell, and his men became bereft
of glory, like lotuses when the sun sets in the evening.
The moving horsemen, reflected on the water of the