The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 12.1.2
Dwázda-Sála-i Jahángírí; Wáki’át Jahángírí, of the Emperor Jahángír (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 12.1.2
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12.1.2
The stone of its tomb was carved into the shape of a deer. I ordered Sikandar Mai, the jagirdar of the pargana, to erect a fort in Jahangirpur. On Thursday, the 14th, we encamped in the pargana of Chandwala, and, after one intervening stage, arrived on Saturday at Hafizabad, and put up in the buildings erected under the superintendence of Mir Kiranu-d din, who held the office of krori at that station. In two marches more I reached the banks of the Chinab. On Thursday, the 21st Zi-l hijja, I crossed the river over a bridge of boats, and pitched my tents in the pargana of Gujarat. When the Emperor Akbar was proceeding to Kashmir, he built a fort on the other side of the river, and made the Gujars, who had been hitherto devoted to plunder, dwell there. The place was consequently named Gujarat, and formed into a separate pargana. The Gujars live chiefly upon milk and curds, and seldom cultivate land.