[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) › 216.6 # The Institutes of Akbar 216.6 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 216.6 - **Language:** English ### [216.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.6) Pigeon trainers of former times, in order to determine the value of a pigeon, used to twist the foot, or looked to the slit of the eyes, or the openings on the top of the bill; but they failed to discover more signs of the value of a breed. His Majesty has discovered many more; and fixing the value of a pigeon, in former times a matter of great difficulty, has now become very easy. First. His Majesty subdivided the three signs of former trainers as follows: the two eyes, and their upper and lower signs; the eight claws; the two sides of the beak, above and below. The mutual comparison of these signs has led to many additional means of fixing the value of a pigeon. Secondly. His Majesty looks to the variety and the colour of the annular protuberances on the feet of pigeons. A book has been made, in which the systematic order of these signs has been laid down. According to them, His Majesty distinguishes ten classes, for each of which separate aviaries have been constructed. The price of pigeons in the first house has not been limited. Many a poor man anxious to make his way, has found in the training of superior pigeons a means of getting rich. A pair of second class pigeons has a value of 3 R.; third class, 2½ R.; fourth class, 2 R. ; fifth class, 1½ R.; sixth class, 1 R.; seventh class, ½ R.; eighth class, ¼ R.; ninth and tenth classes, ⅛ R. - [Previous: 216.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.5) - [Next: 216.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.7) - [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.216.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.6) · Pramāṇa