[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) › 216.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 216.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 216.5 - **Language:** English ### [216.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.5) At the time of departure and the breaking up of the camp, the pigeons will follow, the cots being carried by bearers (kahar). Sometimes they will alight and take rest for a while, and then rise again. It would be difficult to count the pigeons at Court; but there are more than twenty thousand. Five hundred of them are khasah. They have a great reputation, and remarkable stories are told of their skill. - [Previous: 216.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.4) - [Next: 216.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.6) - [Up: 216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.5) · Pramāṇa