[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) › 301.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 301.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 301.1 - **Language:** English ### [301.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.301.1) In MSS. we find the spelling بارهه bárha, and باره bérah. The lexicographist Bahár i ’Ajam (Tek Chand) in his grammatical treatise, entitled Jawáhir ul Hurúf, says that the names of Indian towns ending in ه form adjectives in اوی, as تته, Tattah or تهتھه T’hat’ha, forms an adjective تتوى tatawí; but of باره no adjective is formed, and you say sádát i bárha, instead of sádát i bárhawí. The name Bárha has been differently explained. Whether the derivation from the Hindi numeral bárah, 12, be correct or not, there is no doubt that the etymology was believed to be correct in the times of Akbar and Jahángír; for both the Tabaqát and the Tuzuk derive the name from 12 villages in the Duáb (Muzaffarnagar District), which the Sayyids held. Like the Sayyids of Bilgrám, the Bárha family trace their origin to one Sayyid Abul Farah of Wásit; but their nasabnámah, or genealogical tree, was sneered at, and even Jahángír, in the above quoted passage from the Tuzuk, says that the personal courage of the Sayyids of Bárha—but nothing else—was the best proof that they were Sayyids. But they clung so firmly to this distinction, that some of them even placed the title of Sayyid before the titles which they received from the Mughul emperors, as Sayyid Khan Jahan (Sayyid Abul Muzaffar), and several others. - [Previous: 300](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.300) - [Next: 301.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.301.2) - [Up: 301](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.301) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.301.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.301.1) · Pramāṇa