Maharaja.Ranjit.Sing.. - Gurmat Veechar

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to save the life of the Prince. Babar said that his
dearest possession was his son and even dearer than
him was his own life. So he would sacrifice his own
life to save that of his son. This sent a wave of
disappointment and depression amongst his courtiers.
They conferred amongst themselves and suggested
to the Emperor that what Baqa meant was that some
worldly possession dearest and most precious to him
should be sacrificed. They said that the most precious
possession of the Emperor was the priceless diamond,
which fell into his hands from Abrahim Lodhi. Babar,
however, did not agree and maintained that his most
precious possession was his own life.
The story says that Babar went round the bed of
his sick son several times, then prayed to God in a
most devout manner to spare the life of his son and
to take away his own instead. From that very moment
Humayun began to recover and Babar's sickness
began to grow from bad to worse. Babar died and
Humayun recovered.
From the time when this unique diamond came
into the possession of Humayun, it emerged out of
obscurity and came into limelight for ever. From this
period up to the present time, there is an unbroken
chain of events connected with it and there is no
dearth of historical evidence to support the various
interesting episodes with which its chequered career
is re?lete. Humayun was very fond of this invaluable
possession and never parted with it, even in his darkest