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The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 15.4.3

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 15.4.3

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15.4.3

Baljū, nephew of Qilij Khan, was promoted to the mansab of 1,000 personal and 700 horse, original and increase. I also increased Raja Kishan Das's mansab by 500. At the request of Khan Jahan, the mansab of Shahbaz Khan Lodi, who belonged to the Deccan force, was fixed, original and increase, at 2,000 personal and 1,000 horse; and 200 horse were added to the mansab of Wazir Khan. The mansab of Suhrab Khan, son of Mirza Rustam, was fixed at 1,000 personal and 400 horse, original and increase. On the 14th of the same month 1,000 was added to the mansab of Mir Jamalu-d-din Husain, and by increasing it also by 500 horse he was raised to the exalted rank of 5,000 personal and 2,500 horse. On the 19th, Raja Suraj Singh, with his son Gaj Singh, who had gone home, came and paid their respects, and presented as offerings 100 muhrs and 1,000 rupees. I gave Sayyid Kabir, who had been sent by 'Adil Khan, one Nurjahani muhr, which weighed 500 tola. On the 23rd, ninety elephants of those which Qasim Khan had acquired from the conquest of the country of Kuch (Behar), and the conquest of the Maghs and the zamindars of Orissa, were brought before me and placed in the special elephant houses. On the 26th, Iradat Khan was raised to the rank of Mir-samani (head butler), Mu'tamad Khan to that of Bakhshi of the Ahadis, Muhammad Riza Jabiri to that of Bakhshi of the Subah of the Panjab and news-writer of that place.