The Glorious Deeds of ʿĀlamgīr 5: Twenty-Second Year of the Reign, 1090 A.H. (1679 A.D.).

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[Text, p. 175.] On the 24th Rabi'u-l akhir, Khan-Jahan Bahadur arrived from Jodhpur, bringing with him several cartloads of idols, taken from the Hindu temples that had been razed. His Majesty gave him great praise. Most of these idols were adorned with precious stones, or made of gold, silver, brass, copper or stone; it was ordered that some of them should be cast away in the out-offices, and the remainder placed beneath the steps of the grand mosque, there to be trampled under foot. There they lay a long time, until, at last, not a vestige of them was left.
[Text, p. 176.] Raja Jaswant Singh had died at Kabul without male issue; but, after his decease, several faithful adherents—Sonag, Ragunath Das Bhati, Ranchor, Durga Das, and some others—sent information to the King of two of the wives of the late Raja being with child. These ladies, after their arrival at Lahore, gave each of them birth to a son. This news was communicated to the King, with a request that the children should be permitted to succeed to their father's rank and possessions. His Majesty replied that the children should be sent to him to be brought up at his Court, and that rank and wealth should be given to them.
[Text, p. 186.] On the 12th Zi-l hijja, 1090 A.H. (6th January, 1680), Prince Muhammad 'Azam and Khan-Jahan Bahadur obtained permission to visit Udaipur. Ruhu-llah Khan and Yakkatáz Khán also proceeded thither to effect the destruction of the temples of the idolators. These edifices, situated in the vicinity of the Ráná's palace, were among the wonders of the age, and had been erected by the infidels to the ruin of their souls and the loss of their wealth. It was here that some twenty Máchator Rájpúts had resolved to die for their faith. One of them slew many of his assailants before receiving his death-blow. Another followed, and another, until all had fallen, many of the faithful also being despatched before the last of these fanatics had gone to hell. The temple was now clear, and the pioneers destroyed the images.
[Text, p. 188.] On the 2nd of Muharram, 1091 A.H. (24th January, 1680), the King visited the tank of U'díságar, constructed by the Ráná. His Majesty ordered all three of the Hindu temples to be levelled with the ground. News was this day received that Hasan 'Alí Khán had emerged from the pass and attacked the Ráná on the 29th of Zí-l hijja. The enemy had fled, leaving behind them their tents and baggage. The enormous quantity of grain captured in this affair had created abundance amongst the troops.
On the 7th Muharram Hasan 'Alí Khán made his appearance with twenty camels taken from the Ráná, and stated that the temple situated near the palace, and one hundred and twenty-two more in the neighbouring districts, had been destroyed. This chieftain was, for his distinguished services, invested with the title of Bahádur.
His Majesty proceeded to Chitor on the 1st of Safar. Temples to the number of sixty-three were here demolished.
Abú Turáb, who had been commissioned to effect the destruction of the idol-temples of Ambér, reported in person on the 24th Rajab, that threescore and six of these edifices had been levelled with the ground.