The Akbarī Generations 5.1

5.1

The Ilahi is a true solar year beginning with the Nau-roz. The first year of this auspicious era corresponded with Monday, the 27th Rabi'u-l akhir, 963 H. (10 March, 1556 A.D.). Among the prominent events of the early days of the reign was the rebellion of Shah Abu-l Ma'ali. This young man was a descendant of the Saiyids of Turmuz, and was remarkable both for his beauty and intelligence. The late king had a great partiality for him, and this fostered his pride so that presumptuous ideas got the mastery over him, and his conduct was marked by some unseemly actions. The Khan-khanan arrested him, and was about to execute him; but the young Emperor was mercifully disposed, and was unwilling that the beginning of his reign should be stained with the execution of a descendant of the Saiyids before any crime had been proved against him. So he placed him in the custody of Pahlawan Kal-gaz kotwal, and sent him to Lahore. Abu-l Ma'ali escaped from custody, and the pahlawan, in shame for his fault, committed suicide.