The Book of Akbar 210.4

210.4

Without a doubt, all the expenditure which the Shāh, whether from his privy purse, or through his officers, incurred on account of his Majesty Jahānbānī from the time of his entering the country to his exit therefrom was hereby repaid more than four times over. From thence they went to Sulṭānīya and there held Cyrus-like festivities. In the intervals between these glorious seasons of fortunate conjunctions a cloudiness of heart was created on both sides through the instigation of sundry strife-mongers, but the turbidity did not last long, and was washed away by the waters of cleansing. His Majesty the Shāh made every day new arrangements for pleasure and joy. Among other things he ordered the amusement of a hunting-drive (shikār-i-qamargha), and his army drove the beasts of the plain a ten days’ journey up to a spring known as the Sāvūq Būlāq which is the first stage of the Yailāq Bīlāq. His Majesty Jahanbani and the Shah entered the hunting-ground together and gave new lustre to the arts of horsemanship and game-slaying. After that Bahram Mirza, Sam Mirza, and after them Bairam Khan, Haji Muhammad Koki, Shah Quli Sultan Muhrdar (seal-keeper, or chancellor), Roshan Koka, Hasan Koka, and many others of his Majesty Jahanbani’s trusty followers were permitted to enter the qamargha.