[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 172 # The Institutes of Akbar 172: The Pahluwáns, or Wrestlers. The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 172 - **Language:** English ### [172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.172) 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. - [Previous: 171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.171) - [Next: 173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.173) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.172) · Pramāṇa