The Institutes of Akbar 66.5

66.5

12. The Shalwár (drawers) is made of all kinds of stuff, single and double, and wadded. It requires 3 y. 11 g. cloth, 6 g. for the hem through which the string runs, 3 y. 5 g. lining, 1½ m. silk, ½ s. cotton. Price, from ½ to 3 R. There are various kinds of each of these garments. It would take me too long to describe the chírahs, fautahs, and dupattahs, or the costly dresses worn at feasts or presented to the grandees of the present time. Every season, there are made one thousand complete suits for the imperial wardrobe, and one hundred and twenty, made up in twelve bundles, are always kept in readiness. From his indifference to every thing that is worldly, His Majesty prefers and wears woollen stuffs, especially shawls; and I must mention, as a most curious sign of auspiciousness, that His Majesty’s clothes becomingly fit every one whether he be tall or short, a fact which has hitherto puzzled many.