The Book of Akbar 127.1

127.1

His Majesty Gītī-sitānī Firdōs-makānī Zahīru-d-dīn Muhammad Bābar Pādshāh Ghāzī. King of the four quarters, and of the seven heavens; celestial sovereign; diadem of the sublime throne; great of genius and greatness-conferring; fortune-increaser; of excellent horoscope; heaven in comprehensiveness; earth in stability; lion-hearted; clime-capturer; lofty in splendour; of active brain; searcher after knowledge; rank-breaking lion rampant; exalter of dominion; ocean-hearted; of illustrious origin; a saintly sovereign; enthroned in the kingdom of reality and spirituality, Zahīru-d-dīn Muhammad Bābar Pādshāh Ghāzī. His pearl-like nature was a station for the marks of greatness and sublimity; freedom and detachment together with lofty restraint and majestic power flashed forth in his nature; in asceticism and absorption (faqr u fanā) a Junaid and Bāyazīd; while the magnificence and genius of an Alexander and of a Faridun shone from his brow. The holy birth of this majestic one was on 6 Muharram 888 (14th February 1483) from the holy womb and pure veil of the gloriously chaste and nobly-born, Qutlaq Nigar Khanum. That jewel of fortuned ocean and sparkling star (durri) of the heaven of glory arose from a happy quarter. She, the coiffure of purity and scarf of chastity, was the second daughter of Yunus (Jonah) Khan and elder sister of Sultan Mahmud Khan. Her lineage is as follows :—daughter of Yunus Khan b. Yais Khan, b. Shir ’Ali Oghlan, b. Muhammad Khan, b. Khizr Khwaja Khan, b.