Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.26.6

78.26.6

And because of the dignity of this day, which he observes every year and passes in joy and gladness, he held a high feast in the ancient fashion, and distributed the sum of a lac of rupees to every class of person present at the assembly. On the 23rd of the month Zi-qa‘dah the Emperor marched out of Ajmir (which in grandeur may vie with Constantinople itself), and arriving at his capital he set on foot preparations for an expedition to Bengal, and gave orders for the building of boats. Of that number one boat was lion-prowed, and another crocodile-prowed. And verily only sea-going vessels have such beam and draught. Towards the end of the month Zi-hajjah of this year the Author by reason of destiny, which is a chain round the foot of decision, having parted with Husain Khan, and come from Badaun to Agrah, was introduced at Court by Jamal Khan Qurchi, and the late Galen-like physician Ayn-ul-mulk. And since in those days the chatties of learning had considerable currency, I was dignified with the honour of a conversation the moment I came, and was enrolled in the number of the attendants at his assemblies. The Emperor made me dispute with sages, who boast of their depth of science, and who admit no uninitiated into their presence, and was himself the arbiter. By the grace of God, and the strength of my natural talent, and the sharpness of my intellect, and the courage, which is inherent in youth, I overcame most of them.