[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 208.2.1 # The Book of Akbar 208.2.1 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 208.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [208.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.208.2.1) The entertaining by the asylum of dominion will be as follows: Three thousand dishes of food, sweetmeats, syrups (shīra) and fruits will be prepared, and the necessary furniture will be arranged as follows:—First, fifty tents and twenty awnings, and the large store-tent which was reported to have been prepared for his Majesty's special use, with twelve pairs of carpets of twelve cubits and ten cubits, and seven pairs of carpets of five cubits, nine strings of female camels, 250 porcelain plates, large and small, and other plates and pots, all with bright covers, and also tinned (qal'ī karda), and two strings of mules let the asylum of dominion present on the occasion of his entertainment; and let the officers conduct their entertainments as follows:—Let them present food, sweetmeats and comfits to the extent of 1,500 plates, and also three horses, a string of camels and a string of mules, which shall have first been seen and approved by the asylum of dominion. The governors of Ghurian, Fūshanj, and Karshu will show hospitality in their own country. The governor of Bākharz, in Jam, and the governors of Khāf, Turshīz, Zāwaha and Muhawwalāt will entertain at Sarai Farhad which is five parasangs from Mashhad. When his Majesty Jahanbani Jannat-ashiyani came near Farah, the Shah's ambassador and his Majesty's messenger arrived, and his Majesty was made aware that the king of Persia regarded his advent as a great gain and was delighted at it. - [Previous: 208.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.208.1.16) - [Next: 208.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.208.2.2) - [Up: 208.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.208.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.208.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.208.2.1) · Pramāṇa