Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.9.5

79.9.5

In this year the prince Sultan Salim went to Ajmir to meet Gulbadan Begum, and Salimah Sultan Begum, who had returned from the pilgrimage. On this occasion they paid a gratuitous visit to the shrine of the saint Mu'in-ud-din, and left their gifts there. At this time Muhammad Sadiq Khan came from Bihar, and was quickly ordered off again, in conjunction with A'zam Khan, to repulse Ma'sum Kabuli. And Shah Quli Khan Muharram, and Shaikh Ibrahim Chishti, and other Amirs, who had not gone in the army to Kabul, were appointed to assist Sadiq Khan. At this time Shah Abu Turab, and I'timad Khan Gujrati, who had been together on a journey to Hijaz, returned, and brought with them a stone of very great weight, which required a very strong-bodied elephant to lift it. A foot-print was clearly to be seen on it, and Shah Abu Turab declared it to be the impression of the foot of the Prophet (God bless him and his family and give them peace!):— “On the tablet at the head of our grave, We have engraved thy image. Until the day of the resurrection Our head and thy foot are together.” The Emperor went a distance of four coshes to meet it, and commanded the Amirs to carry it by turns a few steps, and in this manner they brought it to the city. On the nineteenth of the month Sha'ban * * * the weighing of the eldest prince took place.