The Institutes of Akbar 224: III. Commanders of Seven Thousand.
The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 224
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III. Commanders of Seven Thousand.
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3. Sha’hza’dah Sulta’n Da’nya’l, third son of His Majesty.
Akbar had five sons— 1. Hasan } twins, born 3rd Rabi’ I, 972. They only lived one month. 2. Husain } 3. Sultan Salim [Jahangir]. 4. Sultan Murad. 5. Sultan Danyal.
Of daughters, I find three mentioned—(a.) Shahzadah Khanum, born three months after Salim, in 977. (b.) Shukrunnisa Begum, who in 1001 was married to Mirza Shahrukh (No. 7, below, p. 312); and (c.) Aram Banu Begum; both born after Sultan Danyal. Regarding the death of the last Begum, vide Tuzuk, p. 386.
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Of Akbar’s wives the following are mentioned:—1. Sultan Ruqayah Begum (a daughter of Mirza Hindal), who died 84 years old, 7th Jumada I, 1035, (Tuzuk, p. 401). She was Akbar’s first wife (zan i kalan), but had no child by him. She tended Shahjahan. Nur Jahan (Jahangir’s wife) also stayed with her after the murder of Sher Afkan. 2. Sultan Salimah Begum. She was a daughter of Gulrukh (?) Begum (a daughter of Babar) and Mirza Nuruddin Muhammad. Humayun had destined her for Bairam Khan, who married her in the beginning of Akbar’s reign. After the death of Bairam, Akbar, in 968, married her. She died 10th Zi Qa’dah, 1021. As a poetess, she is known under the name Makhfi (concealed), and must not be confounded with Zebunnisa (a daughter of Aurangzeb’s), who has the same poetical name. 3. The daughter of Rajah Bihari Mal and sister of Rajah Bhagawan Das. Akbar married her in 968, at Sanbhar. 4. The beautiful wife of ’Abdulwasi’, married in 970, (vide Bad. II, 61). 5. Jodh Bai, or Princess of Jodhpur, the mother of Jahangir. Her name is not mentioned by any Muhammadan historian. As Akbar’s mother had the title of Maryam Makani, so was Jodh Bai called Maryam uzzamani. She died in the month of Rajab 1032, A. H. (Tuzuk, p. 361). The Tuzuk expresses a hope that God will receive her in His mercy; for Jahangir’s mother, though a Hindu, could not well ‘be sent to hell.’ 6. Bibi Daulat Shad, mother of (b.) and (c.); vide Tuzuk, p. 16. 7. A daughter of ’Abdullah Khan Mughul (964). 8. A daughter of Miran Mubarak Shah of Khandes; vide p. 13, note.
Sultan Salim. Title as Emperor, Jahangir. Title after death, Jannatmakani. Born at Fathpur Sikri, on Wednesday, 17th Rabi’ I, 977, or 18th Shahriwar of the 14th year of Akbar’s Era. He was called Salim, because he was born in the house of Shaikh Salim i Chishti. Akbar used to call him Shaikhu Baba (vide Tuzuk, p. 1). For his wives and children, vide below, No. 4. Jahangir died on the 28th Çafar 1037 (28th October, 1627) near Rajor on the Kashmir frontier. Vide my article on Jahangir in the Calcutta Review for October, 1869.
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Sultan Murad, Akbar’s fourth son, was born on Thursday, 3rd Muharram, 978, and died of delirium tremens in 1006, at Jalnapur in Berar (Tuzuk, p. 15; Akbarnamah II, p. 443; Khafi Khan, p. 212). He was nicknamed Pahari (Bad. II, 378). He was sabzrang (of a livid complexion), thin, and tall (Tuzuk). A daughter of his was married to Prince Parwiz, Jahangir’s son (Tuzuk, p. 38.)
Sultan Danyal was born at Ajmir, on the 10th Jumada I., 979, and died of delirium tremens, A. H. 1013. Khafi Khan, I. p. 232, says, the news of his death reached Akbar in the beginning of 1014. He was called Danyal in remembrance of Shaikh Danyal, a follower of Mu'in i Chishti, to whose tomb at Ajmir Akbar, in the beginning of his reign, often made pilgrimages. Danyal married, in the beginning of 1002, the daughter of Qulij Khan (No. 42), and towards the end of 1006, Janan Begum, a daughter of Mirza ’Abdurrahim Khan Khanan (Khafi Khan, p. 213), and was betrothed to a daughter of Ibrahim ’Adilshah of Bijapur; but he died before the marriage was consummated. He had three sons :—1. Tahmúras, who was married to Sultán Bahár Begum, a daughter of Jahángír. 2. Báisanghar. 3. Hoshang, who was married to Hoshmand Bánú Begum, a daughter of Khusrau. Besides, he had four daughters whose names are not mentioned. One of them, Buláqí Begum, was married to Mírzá Walí (Tuz., p. 272). Tahmúras and Hoshang were killed by Áçaf Khán after the death of Jahángír (vide Proceedings, As. Society of Bengal, for August 1869). Nothing appears to be known regarding the fate of Báisanghar. Vide Calcutta Review for October, 1869.
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Dányál is represented as well built, good looking, fond of horses and elephants, and clever in composing Hindustání poems.