The Akbarī Generations 70: Twenty-fourth year of the Reign.

70

The beginning of this year corresponded with Thursday, 13th Muharram, 987 h. (12th March, 1579) * * * [Hunting, etc.]
The Emperor marched to the town of Bahíra, and here intelligence was brought of the approach of Her Highness Maryam Makaní from the capital, and Prince Salím was sent to meet her. * * * After conferring the government of the Panjáb on Sa'íd Khán, the Emperor started on his return homewards, and on reaching the village of Sultánpúr, appertaining to Khizrábád, he ordered boats to be collected, so that the rest of the journey might be performed by water. Muhammad Kásim Khán, the Mír-bahr, collected the vessels, and on the 3rd Jumáda-s sání, 986 H., the Emperor embarked. The camp returned by land. He reached Dehlí, and the boats were moored opposite the tomb of Khwája Khizr on the 29th of the month. This being the time of the 'urs, or anniversary of Khwája Mu'ínu-d dín, he left the boats on the 1st Rajab, and set off. Travelling thirty kos a day, he reached Ajmir on the evening of the 6th, which was the day of the festival, and paid his visit to the tomb. Next day he started for Fathpur, and travelling fifty kos a day, he arrived there on the evening of the 9th. There he spent much of his time in the building called the 'Ibadat-khana, in the company of learned and holy men, every one of whom he enriched with gifts of gold and silver. Every Friday he used to pass the night there, making offerings and dispensing charity. In those days there was a reservoir in the court-yard of the palace at Fathpur, twenty gaz long by twenty broad and three gaz deep. This he caused to be filled with red, white, and black money (i.e. gold, silver, and copper), the whole of which he gave away to the amirs, the poor, the holy, and the learned. The total of this money amounted to twenty krors of tankas, and the distribution of it lasted for three years.
In this year Ma'sum Khan, Koka of Mirza Hakim, a young man of courage, who had done some great things, being offended with the Mirza, left him and came to the Court of the Emperor, who received him with great kindness. He gave him a mansab of 500, and a jagir in Bihar, whither he sent him. When Ma'sum went there, Kala Pahar, one of the highest and bravest of the Afghan amirs, attacked him; but he was victorious, although he received several wounds. The Emperor bestowed upon him as a recognition a mansab of 1000, with a horse and a robe.
In the month of Shawwal he appointed Mulla Taiyib to the diwani of the province of Bihar and Hajipur, Purkhottam to be bakhshi, Mulla Majdi amin, and the eunuch Shamshir Khan to the charge of the khalisa of that province. In the same month Maksud Jauhari, who went to fetch Mirza Muzaffar Husain from Raja 'Ali Khan of Asir, arrived at Court with the Mirza and the Raja's tribute, and presented it to His Majesty.