Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.30.1

78.30.1

In the middle of the blessed month of Ramazan the Emperor dismissed Khan-i A‘zam to Gujrat, and arrived by continued forced marches at Fathpur at the end of this month. In this year he sent Shah Quli Khan Muharram, and Jalal Khan Qurchi, and several others of the Amirs to reduce the fortress of Siwanah, which was held by the grandsons of Maldeo. Jalal Khan, who was one of the privy counsellors, was the most complete master of mirth and wit, and it was not easy for any one else to acquire such a hold on the Emperor’s disposition by force of companionship, as this man did. He fought manfully, and attained the grade of martyrdom. And in his case the saying came true: “He enjoyed this world, and won the next.” When Shahbaz Khan Kambu came there, he in a very short time got possession of the fortress. In this year the Emperor sent Mir Gesu Bakawal [begi] to examine into the affairs of Sultan Mahmud of Bakkar, and to guard the fortress of Bakkar. In this year there was in Gujrat both a general pestilence and also a dearness of grain, to such an extent that one man of jawari sold for 120 tankahs, and numberless people died. And in this year Khwajah Amina, the absolute Wazir, surnamed Khwajah-e Jahan, answered the summons of God at Lahor at the time of the return of the army from Patna. And Ghabari a poet in the height of his pomp and greatness composed this ruba‘i:—