[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) › [Jahāngīr (1605–1627)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir) › [Maʾāthir-i Raḥīmī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi) › [Ma-asir-i Rahimi, of Muhammad ’Abdu-l Baki (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot) › 1 # Maʾathir-i Rahimi 1 Ma-ásir-i Rahímí, of Muhammad ’Abdu-l Bákí (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1 - **Language:** English ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.1) The King went out for the purpose of hunting, and arrived at Sultanpur, on the bank of the river, thirty kos from Lahore, and the Khan-khanan, who had gone to Sirhind to pay his respects to Prince Daniyal, was sent for by the King to be consulted. He had an interview with His Majesty near Shaikhpur, and had frequent conferences on the subject of the Dakhin, when the King inquired whether that province could not be conquered without troubling the Prince to go there. The Khan-khanan undertook to subdue it, and instructions were therefore issued, that the army, which had been directed to accompany the Prince, should be placed under the orders of the Khan-khanan. The Prince was then summoned to Court, which he reached in two days. The Khan-khanan, loaded with honours by the King, set out on his expedition, and His Majesty, having broken up his hunting camp, returned to Lahore. The Khan-khanan set out with all haste, and arrived at Agra. The rainy season was approaching, and he had received orders to draw what he could from the Agra treasury, to pay the soldiers, and provide for the conquest of the Dakhin. He remained at Agra during the rains, and having supplied himself with every necessary, he set out for Malwa, which was the jagir of Mirza Shah Rukh, with whom he had an interview in Ujjain. From Malwa he went to Khandesh, and by peaceful means induced Raja ’Ali Khan to declare his allegiance to the King. ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.2) Khandesh thus became included in the subject states, and the coin was struck and the khutba read in the name of His Majesty in the country where Asir had baffled every attempt to subdue it. Khandesh was given in jagir to Raja ’Ali Khan, and he was enrolled among the nobles of 5000. The Khan-khanan sent a petition from Raja ’Ali Khan, accompanied by a suitable offering, to His Majesty, that this grant might be confirmed, and that Raja ’Ali Khan might be reckoned among the royal adherents, and be allowed to accompany the army to the Dakhin. The King acceded to these proposals, and the Khan-khanan was rewarded with fresh marks of favour. After the annexation of Khandesh, the Khan-khanan set out on his expedition to the Dakhin. His first step was to lay siege to Ahmadnagar. Chand Bibi, who was at that time ruler of that province, made peace, under which the territory of Birar was surrendered to Akbar. ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.3) On the second occasion, when he attacked Ahmadnagar, Suhail, the Abyssinian, was appointed by ’Adil Shah to the command of the army, and the armies of Nizamu-l Mulk, ’Adil Khan, Kutbu-l Mulk, and the Barid-Shahi chief being placed under his command, he came out in considerable strength and confidence. The Khan-khanan, with the little force at his command, fought like Rustam and Isfandiyar, and obtained a complete victory over Suhail. He then proceeded to the siege of Ahmadnagar, which he reduced, and brought the whole province of the Dakhin under the rule of the Emperor. As the conquests of the Dakhin, Khandesh, and Birar have already been fully detailed among the great achievements of the Khan-khanan in this book, I beg to refer thereto. If I were here to commence an account of this commander’s proceedings in the Dakhin, it would extend to too great a length. To be brief, the King reigned for fifty-two years over the whole of Hindustan, from Bengal to the extreme borders of Sind and Kandahar, and Zamindawar, and even to the shores of the sea. All the stubborn chiefs, rajas, rais, and zamindars in Hindustan, including the Kings of Gujarat, Sind, Dakhin, Kashmir, Bengal, Malwa, and other countries, were made subject to his rule. Some, after defeat in action, some, under treaties of peace, were all in the end deprived of the exercise of independent sovereignty. ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.4) The author has extracted this account of the first thirty-eight years of the reign, viz. from a.h. 963 to 1002, from the Tabakat-i Akbari, by Nizamu-d din Ahmad Bakhshi, who was not spared to complete it. Of the remaining fourteen years the author has never seen any account; nor has he been able to procure information of the various events of that period. He has therefore omitted it from his history, and must refer to other authorities who may have written concerning this period. Akbar was a powerful, world-subduing monarch, the very emblem of justice, to whose Court people from all sides resorted for protection, and to partake of a benevolence so universally diffused. He extended toleration to all religions and creeds, and would recognize no difference between them, his object being to unite all men in a common bond of peace. The names of the Sultans, nobles, ministers, poets, and philosophers who adorned his reign, can be ascertained from the Tabakat-i Akbari and the Akbar-nama; and in the same comprehensive works will be found an account of his greatness, and the inventions of his bright intellect and ready genius. ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.5) During his entire reign of fifty-two years, no neighbouring Prince of Hindustan made an incursion into his territories, and notwithstanding that the Afghan kings are notorious for their malignity and turbulence, they were not able to move from their homes during his supremacy, so that all quarters were subject to his victorious sword. Whoever dared to lift his head from loyalty and subjection never escaped with life. Akbar died at Agra on the 23rd Jamadu-l awwal, A.H. 1014, after a reign of fifty-two years. The date of his death is found to be represented by the letters in the words “faut-i Akbar Shah,” “the death of Akbar Shah.” --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1) · Pramāṇa