The Institutes of Akbar 172: The Pahluwáns, or Wrestlers.

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There are many Persian and Túrání wrestlers and boxers at Court, as also stone-throwers, athletes of Hindústán, clever Jallahs from Gujrát, and many other kinds of fighting men. Their pay varies from 70 to 450 d. Every day two well-matched men fight with each other. Many presents are made to them on such occasions. The following belong to the best wrestlers of the age—Mírzá Khán of Gílán; Muhammad Qulí of Tabríz, to whom His Majesty has given the name of Sher hamlah, or Lion-attacker; Çádiq of Bukhárá; ’Alí of Tabríz; Murád of Turkistán; Muhammad ’Alí of Túrán; Fúlád of Tabríz; Qásim of Tabríz; Mírzá Kuhnahsuwár of Tabríz; Sháh Qulí of Kurdistán; Hilál of Abyssinia; Sádhú Dayál; ’Alí; Srí Rám; Kanhyá; Mangol; Ganesh; Anbá; Nánkí; Balbhadr; Bajrnat’h.