The Book of Akbar 311.2

311.2

and the beginning of the great Era took effect from the coming New Year. The principle of the calculations rested on true solar months and years, and H.M. the Shahinshah, out of his fortune and greatness, and under the influence of a Divine inspiration, designated this grand epoch as the Tarikh Ilahi (Divine Era). Secretaries of a happy pen recorded it in rolls and rescripts. The names of the months of the Era were made identical with the famous names of the Persian months, but were adorned in addition by the title Ilahi (Divine) e.g., Farwardin, Divine month, Ardibihisht, Divine month. The names of the days were the same as those of the current thirty Persian days, viz. :—