The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 57: Renunciation of Hunting.

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It was one of the remarkable events of my life, that when I was about sixteen or seventeen years, I made at Allahabad a vow to God, that when I should arrive at the fiftieth year of my age, I would leave off shooting, and give no pain to any living creature. Mukarrab Khan, who was one of my most confidential officers, was acquainted with this vow. In short, now that I had arrived at that age, and the fiftieth year had commenced, one day it happened, that through the excess of smoke and vapour, I could not freely draw my breath, and was very much troubled on that account. In this state I suddenly, through divine inspiration, recollected what I had promised, and now I determined to conform to my former resolution. I resolved within myself, that after the lapse of this the fiftieth year, and the expiration of the time I had fixed, I would, under the guidance of Almighty God, go to visit the tomb of my father, and, having invoked the aid of his holy soul, I would entirely abstain from that habit. As soon as these ideas occurred to my mind, I was entirely relieved of pain, and found myself fresh and happy. I immediately indulged my tongue by expressing thanks to the Almighty God, and I trusted that he would assist me in my resolution.