The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 65.1

65.1

On Tuesday, the the royal camp halted at Hasan Abdal. As an account of this road and a description of the stages have been already given in the narrative of my expedition to Kabul, I will not repeat them here; but from this place to Kashmir I will record all occurrences, stage by stage, please God! From the time of my disembarking from boats at Akbarpur up to reaching Hasan Abdal, I have travelled 178 kos during sixty-nine days, in fifty-eight marches and one halt. As there are at this place a fountain, a small cascade, and a basin filled with water of the most translucent clearness, I remained here two days. On Thursday, the 16th, I celebrated the lunar anniversary, and the fifty-second lunar year of my age commenced, in all gratitude to my Maker, and with every prospect of happiness. As the road I was going to take was full of hills and passes, ravines and ascents, and the royal party would have found it difficult to march all together, it was determined that the lady Maryamu-z Zamani, and the other begams should remain behind a few days, and come on at their ease afterwards; and the Prime Minister, I'timadu-d daula al-Khakani, Sadik Khan Bakhshi, and Sa’adat Khan Mir Saman, should also come on subsequently with the household and establishments. For the same reason Mirza Safawi and Khan-i ’Azam were sent on with a party of my attendants by way of Punch, and I myself went accompanied by only a few of my personal friends, and the servants who were absolutely necessary.