Editing Humayun (section)

==Character==
Edward S. Holden writes; "He was uniformly kind and considerate to his dependents, devotedly attached to his son Akbar, to his friends, and to his turbulent brothers. The misfortunes of his reign arose in great part, from his failure to treat them with rigor." He further writes: "The very defects of his character, which render him less admirable as a successful ruler of nations, make us more fond of him as a man. His renown has suffered in that his reign came between the brilliant conquests of Babur and the beneficent statesmanship of Akbar; but he was not unworthy to be the son of the one and the father of the other."<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Holden |first=Edward S. |year=2004 |orig-year=1895 |title=Mughal Emperors of Hindustan (1398–1707) |location=New Delhi, India |publisher=Asian Educational Service |pages=123–127 |isbn=978-81-206-1883-1}}</ref>

[[Stanley Lane-Poole]] writes in his book ''Medieval India'': "His name meant the winner (Lucky/Conqueror), there is no king in the history to be named as wrong as Humayun", he was of a forgiving nature. He further writes, "He was in fact unfortunate ... Scarcely had he enjoyed his throne for six months in Delhi when he slipped down from the polished steps of his palace and died in his forty-ninth year (Jan. 24, 1556). If there was a possibility of falling, Humayun was not the man to miss it. He tumbled through his life and tumbled out of it."<ref>{{cite book |title=Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule (712–1764) |last=Lane-Poole |first=Stanley |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |year=1903 |location=New York, US |pages=230–237}}</ref>

Humayun ordered the [[execution by elephant|crushing by elephant]] of an [[imam]] he mistakenly believed to be critical of his reign.<ref>Eraly, Abraham. ''Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors'', Phoenix House, 2005. {{ISBN|0-7538-1758-6}}, p. 45.</ref>