[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) › 211 # The Institutes of Akbar 211: Allowance of Food. The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 211 - **Language:** English ### [211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.211) In Kashmír and in the aviaries of Indian amateurs, the birds are generally fed once a day; but at Court they are fed twice. A báz falcon gets a quantity of meat weighing 7 dáms; the jurrah, 6 d.; the bahrí, láchín, and khelan, 5 d.; the báshah, 3 d.; the chappak báshah, shikarah, chappak shikarah, besrah, dhotí, &c., 2 d. Towards the close of every day, they are fed on sparrows, of which the báz, jurrah, and bahrí, get each seven; the láchín, five; the báshah, three; others, two. Charghs and lagars get at the same time meat. Shungárs, sháhbázes, burkuts, get one ser. On the hunting grounds they feed them on the game they take. - [Previous: 210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.210) - [Next: 212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.212) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.211) · Pramāṇa