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The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 21.2.7

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 21.2.7

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21.2.7

The Shah gave him 50 other arrows from his own quiver. It happened that 50 of these arrows struck the game, and two arrows missed. Then he ordered some of his attendants who had the entree at feasts and assemblies to shoot with arrows. Most shot well. Among them Muhammad Yusuf (qarawul), shot an arrow which went through two boars, and those who were standing by broke out without control into applause. At the time Khan ‘Alam took his leave, he seized him in the embrace of honour, and showed him great affection. After he had left the city, he went to his halting-place, and made many apologies and bade him farewell. As for the beautiful and costly things that the Khan ‘Alam brought, it was indeed the assistance of his destiny that gave such rare things into his hand. Among them was the picture of the fight of Sahib Qiran (Timur) with Tuqtamish K., and the likenesses of him and his glorious children and the great Amirs who had the good fortune to be with him in that fight, and near each figure was written whose portrait it was. In this picture there were 240 figures. The painter had written his name as Khalil Mirza Shahrukhi (in the MS. it is Savaj and not Shahrukhi). The work was very complete and grand, and resembled greatly the paint-brush of Ustad Bihzad. If the name of the painter had not been written, the work would have been believed to be his.