The Book of Akbar 172.1.8
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 172.1.8
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172.1.8
Mir Pahlwan Badakhshi also and many others obtained the blessing of offering up their lives around the enclosure of chastity. The time was very brief; her Highness could not come out, but as the Divine protection and defence was her surety and safeguard, the boisterous blasts of the evil-minded could not impinge on the sanctuary of the harem of chastity, nor the mists of black-hearted men touch the hem of the curtain of the illustrious recluses. Divine spirits from the glorious sanctuary of sublimity defended the veiled ones of the chamber of chastity with the wands of the door-keepers of jealousy; wicked thoughts did not find their way into the hearts of those wretches, and Sher Khan sent off with all honour that cupola of chastity in perfect security and observance of seclusion.