[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) › 217.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 217.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 217.1 - **Language:** English ### [217.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.217.1) Magasí (fly-bitten); zirihí (steelblue); amirí (?); zamirí (a colour between zirihí and amirí ; His Majesty invented this name) ; chíní (porcelain blue) ; naftí (grey like naphta) ; shafaqí (violet) ; ’údi (aloewood coloured); surmaí (dark grey, like powder of antimony); Kishmishí (dark brown, like currants) ; halwáí (light-brown like Halwá sweetmeat) ; çandalí (light-brown, like sandelwood); jigarí (brown) ; nabátí (greyish white); dúghí (bluish-white, like sour milk) ; wushkí (of the same colour as the gum called wushk ;) jiláná (chiláná ?) ; kirat (brown, like a new earthen pot? ); nílfarí (bluish-white); azraq (a colour between yellow and brown; His Majesty applies this name in this sense); átashí (black brown) ; shaftálú (peach coloured) ; gulí gaz coloured (?); yellow ; kághazí (yellowish, like native paper); zágh (grey like a crow) ; aqrá (a colour between white and brown); muharraqí (a dirty black) ; khizrí (a colour between greenish and ’údí); ábí (water coloured) ; surmag (a name invented by His Majesty to express a colour between surmaí and magasí). - [Previous: 216.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.216.7) - [Next: 217.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.217.2) - [Up: 217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.217) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.217.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.217.1) · Pramāṇa