The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 75: Journey to Kangra.

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The extreme heat of Agra was uncongenial to my constitution, so on the 12th Aban, in the sixteenth year of my reign, I started for the mountain country on the north, intending, if the climate proved suitable, to build a town somewhere on the banks of the Ganges, to which I might resort in the hot weather. If I could not find a place that suited me, I intended to proceed further towards Kashmir. * * On the 7th De, I arrived at Hardwar on the Ganges, and there halted; but as the climate of the skirts of the mountains was not pleasant, and I found no place appropriate for a residence, I resolved to proceed farther to the mountains of Jammu and Kangra. * * On the 14th, I arrived at the village of Bahlun, a dependency of Siba, and as I had a great desire for the air of Kangra, I left my great camp at this place, and proceeded onwards with a few special attendants and servants towards the fortress.
I'timadu-d daula was ill, so I left him behind with the camp under the charge of Sadik Khan Mir-bakhshi. On the following day the intelligence was brought that a change for the worse had come over the Khan, and the signs of dissolution were manifest. Moved by the distress of Nur Jahan Begam, and by the affection I had for him, I could proceed no further, so I returned to the camp. At the close of the day I went to see him. He was at times insensible, and Nur Jahan, who was by my side, made signs and asked if I perceived (his critical state). I stayed by his pillow two hours. Whenever he came to his senses, his words were intelligible and sensible. On the 17th of the month he died, and I felt inexpressible sorrow at the loss of such an able and faithful minister, and so wise and kind a friend.
After this I went on towards Kangra, and after four days’ march encamped on the river Ban-ganga. * * On the 24th of the month I went to pay a visit to the fortress, and I gave orders that the kází, the Chief Justice, and others learned in the law of Islam, should accompany me, and perform the ceremonies required by our religion. After passing over about half a kos, we mounted to the fort, and then by the grace of God prayers were said, the khutba was read, a cow was killed, and other things were done, such as had never been done before from the foundation of the fort to the present time. All this was done in my presence, and I bowed myself in thanks to the Almighty for this great conquest which no previous monarch had been able to accomplish. I ordered a large mosque to be built in the fortress. * *
A letter from Khurram informed me that Khusru had died of colic.]