[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) › 262.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 262.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 262.5 - **Language:** English ### [262.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.262.5) In the 29th year, Akbar honored him by paying him a visit. In the 32nd year, a Khetri, from private hatred, wounded T. M. on a march at night time. The man was at once cut down. When Bír Bar (No. 85) had been killed in the war with the Yúsufzais, T. M. was ordered to accompany Mán Singh, who had been appointed commander-in-chief. In the 34th year, when Akbar went to Kashmír, T. M. was left in charge of Láhor. Soon after, he applied for leave to go to the banks of the Ganges, as he was old and wished to die. Akbar let him go; but he recalled him from Hardwár, and told him that looking after his duties was more virtuous than sitting on the banks of the Ganges. T. M. unwillingly returned, but died soon after, on the 11th day of the year 998 (vide No. 27, p. 338). Though often accused of headstrongness and bigotry by contemporaneous historians, Todar Mall’s fame, as general and financier, has outlived the deeds of most of Akbar’s grandees : together with Abulfazl and Mán Singh, he is best known to the people of India at the present day. His son Dhárú (No. 190) was a Commander of Seven Hundred, and was killed during the Sindh expedition, while serving under Khán Khánán (p. 335). People say that he used to shoe his horses with golden shoes. The name Todar Mall is often spelt in MSS. with the Hindi T, d, and r, which explains the spelling ‘Torel Mall,’ which we find in old Histories. Under Shahjahan also there lived a distinguished courtier of the name ‘Todar Mall.’ - [Previous: 262.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.262.4) - [Next: 262.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.262.6) - [Up: 262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.262) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.262.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.262.5) · Pramāṇa