The Akbarī Generations 61: Mirza Sulaiman's Journey to Mecca.

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* * The Emperor had determined that Khan-jahan should march with the army of the Panjab to recover the country of Badakhshan, but fate ruled otherwise. Khan-khanan, the ruler of Bengal, was removed by death, and the Emperor deeming the retention and administration of that country more important than the conquest of Badakhshan, sent Khan-jahan thither. When Mirza Sulaiman saw this change of fortune, he sought leave of the Emperor, through the officers of state, to go on the pilgrimage. The Emperor complied with his request, and furnished him with 50,000 rupees in cash, besides other things required for the journey. He sent with him, to attend upon him in his journey to the coast, Muhammad Kalij Khan, one of the chief nobles, who had been appointed governor of Surat. When the Mirza went on board ship, twenty thousand rupees more were given to him out of the revenues of Gujarat. The Mirza performed the pilgrimage in the same year, and afterwards returned and recovered his kingdom of Badakhshan.
On the 7th Zi-l ka'da, 984, the Emperor set off on a visit to Ajmir. He hunted as he went, and on the 4th Zi-l hijja he encamped at ten kos from Ajmir. He afterwards, as usual, walked five kos on foot to the tomb of the saint, and after going through all the observances of the pilgrimage, he gave away two thousand rupees in charity.