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The Memoirs of Bābur 933.1.3

The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 933.1.3

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933.1.3

Mahdī Khwāja arrived bringing Fatḥ Khān _Sarwānī_ from Humāyūn's presence, they having parted from him in Dilmāū. I looked with favour on Fatḥ Khān, gave him the _parganas_ that had been his father `Aẕam-humāyūn's, and other lands also, one _pargana_ given being worth a _krūr_ and 60 _laks_.[1964] In Hindūstān they give permanent titles [_muqarrarī khiṯāblār_] to highly-favoured amīrs, one such being `Aẕam-humāyūn (_August Might_), one Khān-i-jahān (Khan-of-the-world), another [Sidenote: Fol. 303.] Khān-i-khānān (Khān-of-khāns). Fatḥ Khān's father's title was `Aẕam-humāyūn but I set this aside because on account of Humāyūn it was not seemly for any person to bear it, and I gave Fatḥ Khān _Sarwānī_ the title of Khān-i-jahān. (_November 14th_) On Wednesday the 8th of Ṣafar[1965] awnings were set up (in the Chār-bāgh) at the edge of the large tank beyond the tamarind-trees, and an entertainment was prepared there. We invited Fatḥ Khān _Sarwānī_ to a wine-party, gave him wine, bestowed on him a turban and head-to-foot of my own wearing, uplifted his head with kindness and favour[1966] and allowed him to go to his own districts. It was arranged for his son Maḥmūd to remain always in waiting. (_d. Various military matters._)