[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) › [Tūzuk-i Jahāngīrī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri) › Tatimma-i Wáki’át-i Jahángírí, of Muhammad Hádí (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) # Tatimma-i Wáki’át-i Jahángírí, of Muhammad Hádí (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) Translation of [The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) (Tūzuk-i Jahāngīrī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri) - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1875 CE - **Translators:** [Henry Miers Elliot](https://indike.org/pramana/person/elliot), [John Dowson](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dowson) - **Extent:** 6 passages, 1,891 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · The History of India, as told by its own Historians. The Muhammadan Period. The posthumous papers of Sir H.… · Public domain (published before 1930) ## Contents - [1 Nineteenth Year of the Reign.](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.1) — 4 parts - [2 Twentieth Year of the Reign.](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.2) - [3 From the Memoirs of the Wázirs.](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.3) ## Text ### Nineteenth Year of the Reign. ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.1.1) \[The New Year began on a day corresponding with 29th Jumada-l awwal, 1033 H. (10th March, 1624 A.D.). When Sultan Parwez and Mahabat Khan arrived near Allahabad, ’Abdu-lla Khan raised the siege and returned to Jhaunsi. Darya Khan held the bank of the river in force, and had carried all the boats over to his own side; the passage of the Imperial army was thus delayed for some days. The Prince and Mahabat Khan encamped on the other side of the river. Darya Khan held the fords, but the zamíndárs of the neighbourhood showed their loyalty, and collected thirty boats from various parts, and guided the royal forces over at a spot some kos higher up. Darya Khan held his position to contest the passage until he heard that the royal army had crossed. He then knew that it was no longer tenable, and fell back to Jaunpur. ’Abdu-lla Khan and Raja Bhim proceeded to Jaunpur, and counselled a movement to Benares; so Shah Jahan sent his females and attendants to Rohtas, and himself proceeded to Benares. He was joined by ’Abdu-lla Khan, Raja Bhim, and Darya Khan, and having arrived at Benares, passed over the Ganges, and halted on the river Tunus. Prince Parwez and Mahabat Khan, having arrived at Damdama, they left Muhammad Zaman Teherani there, while they passed over the Ganges with the intention of crossing over the Tunus. Shah Jahan, leaving Khan-dauran in charge of his position, crossed the Ganges, and confronted Muhammad Zaman, who fell back to Jhaunsi. ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.1.2) Khan-dauran advanced in full confidence, and Muhammad Zaman hastened to meet him. A sharp action followed. Khan-dauran was defeated, and his soldiers abandoned him. Being left alone, he struggled and fought desperately in every direction until he was killed. His head was sent to Prince Parwez. Rustam Khan, an old servant of Shah Jahan’s, now left him and joined Prince Parwez. He said it was a good thing that the traitor (Khan-dauran) had been killed. Jahangir Kuli, son of Khan-i ’azam, who was present, said, “No one can call him rebel or traitor, a more devoted man cannot exist, for he served his master to the death, and what more could he do! Even now his head is raised above all.” Shah Jahan took his departure from Bengal, and proceeded towards the Dakhin. Mukhlis Khan then went on the wings of haste to Prince Parwez, to send him and his amirs on to the Dakhin. \* \* A despatch arrived from Asad Khan, the Bakhshi of the Dakhin, written at Burhanpur, to the effect that Ya’kub Khan Habshi, with 10,000 horse, had arrived at Malkapur, ten kos from the city, and that Sarbuland Rai had gone out of the city with the intention of attacking him. Upon this, strict injunctions were sent forbidding him to fight until reinforcements arrived. ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.1.3) At the beginning of 1034 A.H. Shah Jahan arrived in the Dakhin. Malik ’Ambar tendered him assistance, and sent a force under the command of Ya’kub Khan Habshi to Burhanpur to plunder. He communicated this movement to Shah Jahan, who proceeded in that direction, and pitched his camp at Dewalganw. The Prince then sent ’Abdu-lla Khan to join Ya’kub Khan, and lay siege to Burhanpur. He himself followed, and pitched his tent in the Lal Bagh, in the outskirts of the city. Rao Ratan, and other Imperial officers who were in the place, did their best to put it in a state of defence, and took every precaution to secure it. Shah Jahan ordered ’Abdu-lla to assail the town on one side, and Shah Kuli Khan on the other. The besieged, by dint of numbers and by hard fighting, held ’Abdu-lla in check; but Shah Kuli’s division breached the walls, and made their way inside. Sarbuland Rai then left a force to keep ’Abdu-lla Khan in check, and hastened to attack Shah Kuli. Several of Shah Kuli Khan’s men were scattered in the streets and bazars, but he, with the few around him, stood fast in the esplanade in front of the citadel. Several of them fell. He then entered the citadel, and closed the gates. Sarbuland Rai surrounded it, and Shah Kuli, being hard pressed, capitulated. ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.1.4) Shah Jahan then ordered a second attack to be made; but although great gallantry was exhibited, the assault failed, and several officers of distinction fell. He mounted his horse, and ordered a third assault. Great courage was again displayed, and many officers and men fell, but without success. Saiyid Ja’far received a slight wound in the neck from a bullet, but he was so frightened that he went away. His departure affected all the Dakhinis, who broke up and went away, followed by many men who were disheartened by failure. Intelligence now arrived, that Prince Parwez and Mahabat Khan, with the Imperial army, had reached the Nerbadda on ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.2) \[When the raising of the siege of Burhanpur was reported to the Emperor, he bestowed great favours on Sarbuland Rai. He gave him a mansab of 5000 and the title of Ram Raj, than which there is no higher title in the Dakhin. When the siege was raised, Shah Jahan bent his course to the Dakhin, but he was seized with illness on the way. The error of his conduct now became apparent to him, and he felt that he must beg forgiveness of his father for his offences. So with this proper feeling he wrote a letter to his father, expressing his sorrow and repentance, and begging pardon for all faults past and present. His Majesty wrote an answer with his own hand, to the effect that if he would send his sons Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb to Court, and would surrender Rohtas and the fortress of Asir, which were held by his adherents, full forgiveness should be given him, and the country of the Balaghat should be conferred upon him. Upon reading this, Shah Jahan deemed it his duty to conform to his father’s wishes ; so, notwithstanding the love he had for his sons, he sent them to his father, with offerings of jewels, chased arms, elephants, etc., to the value of ten lacs of rupees. He wrote to Muzaffar Khan, directing him to surrender Rohtas to the person appointed by the Emperor, and then to come with Sultan Murad Bakhsh. He also wrote to Hayat Khan directions for surrendering Asir to the Imperial officers. Shah Jahan then proceeded to Nasik. \* \* It was now reported to the Emperor that Mahabat Khan had married his daughter to Khwaja Barkhurdar, the eldest son of Nakshabandi. As this marriage had been contracted without the royal consent, the Emperor was greatly offended ; so he sent for the young man, and asked him why he had, contrary to rule, married the daughter of so great a noble. He was unable to give a satisfactory answer, so he was ordered to be beaten, and sent to prison. \* \* The intelligence of Mahabat Khan’s daring act having reached Shah Jahan, he was greatly incensed, and notwithstanding his bodily weakness and want of warlike munitions, he resolved to go to the assistance of his father, and inflict punishment for this presumptuous deed. On the 23rd Ramazan, 1035 A.H. (7th June, 1626 A.D.), he left Nasik with 1000 horse, hoping to gather forces as he proceeded. On reaching Ajmir, Raja Kishan Singh, son of Raja Bhim, who accompanied him, died, and 500 horsemen of the Raja’s broke up and went away, leaving only 500 men in the suite of Shah Jahan, and these were in great distress. Unable to carry out his original intention, he resolved to do the best he could under the circumstances, and to go to Thatta, and remain for a while in that obscure place. So he proceeded from Ajmir to Nagor, and from thence through Joudhpur and Jesalmir.\] ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3.3) Mirza Ghiyas Beg was so charitably disposed, that no one ever left his door dissatisfied; but in the taking of bribes he certainly was most uncompromising and fearless. ’Ali Kuli Beg Istajlu, who was educated under the instructions of Shah Isma’il the Second, came and entered the service of the Emperor Akbar during the period of his stay at Lahore. He there married Mirza Ghiyas Beg’s daughter, who was born in the city of Kandahar. This individual afterwards entered the service of Jahangir, who honoured him with the title of Sher-Afgan, gave him a jágir in Bengal, and directed him to proceed there. The close of his life and his killing of Kutbu-d din Khan has already been related in its proper place. After he had met with his reward, and proceeded to the desert of annihilation, by the orders of the King, the officers in Bengal sent the daughter of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, surnamed I’timadu-d daula, to His Majesty, who, in the deepest affliction at the death of Kutbu-d din Khan, placed her on the establishment of Rukiya Sultana, one of his father’s wives, on which she continued for a long time without any employment. However, the days of misfortune drew to a close, and the stars of her good fortune commenced to shine, and to wake as from a deep sleep. The bride’s chamber was prepared, the bride was decorated, and desire began to arise. Hope was happy. A key was found for closed doors, a restorative was found for broken hearts; and on a certain New Year’s festival she attracted the love and affection of the King. She was soon made the favourite wife of His Majesty. In the first instance she received the title of Nur Mahal, “ the Light of the Palace,” and after some days Nur Jahan Begam, “the Queen, the Light of the World.” All her relations were elevated to the highest offices in the State. I’timadu-d daula became Prime Minister, and her eldest brother, Abu-l Hasan, was appointed Master of the Ceremonies, under the title of I’timad Khan. The King and his relatives were deprived of all power; while the servants and eunuchs of I’timadu-d daula became Khans and Turkhans. The old servant called Dila Ram, who had nursed the favourite lady of the King, superseded Haji Koka in the appointment of superintendent of the female servants of the palace, and without her seal the Sadru-s Sadur would not pay their stipends. Nur Jahan managed the whole affairs of the realm, and honours of every description were at her disposal, and nothing was wanting to make her an absolute monarch but the reading of the khutba in her name. For some time she sat at the jharoka, and the nobles came to make their salutations and receive her commands. Coins were struck in her name, and the royal seal on farmans bore her signature. In short, by degrees she became, except in name, undisputed Sovereign of the Empire, and the King himself became a tool in her hands. He used to say that Nur Jahan Begam has been selected, and is wise enough to conduct the matters of State, and that he wanted only a bottle of wine and piece of meat to keep himself merry. Nur Jahan won golden opinions from all people. She was liberal and just to all who begged her support. She was an asylum for all sufferers, and helpless girls were married at the expense of her private purse. She must have portioned about 500 girls in her lifetime, and thousands were grateful for her generosity. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-elliot-3) · Pramāṇa