The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 15.2.2

15.2.2

Though it is an established custom of mine only to hunt male tigers, yet, in consideration that no other tiger might be obtained before his departure, I went for the tigress. I took with me Karan, and said to him that I would hit it wherever he wished me to do so. After this arrangement I went to the place where they had marked down the tiger. By chance there was a wind and disturbance in the air, and the female elephant on which I was mounted was terrified of the tigress and would not stand still. Notwithstanding these two great obstacles to shooting, I shot straight towards her eye. God Almighty did not allow me to be ashamed before that prince, and, as I had agreed, I shot her in the eye. On the same day Karan petitioned me for a special gun, and I gave him a special Turkish one. As on the day for his departure I had not given Ibrahim Khan an elephant, I now gave him a special elephant, and I also sent an elephant to Bahaduru-l-mulk and one to Wafadar Khan. On the 8th Urdibihisht the assemblage for my lunar weighing was held, and I weighed myself against silver and other things, distributing them amongst the deserving and needy. Nawazish Khan took leave to go to his jagir, which was in Malwa. On the same day I gave an elephant to Khwaja Abu-l-hasan. On the 9th they brought Khan A'zam, who had come to Agra from the fort of Gwalior, and who had been sent for.