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# The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 21.3.5

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 21.3.5

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### [21.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.tuzuk-i-jahangiri~en-rogers-beveridge.21.3.5)

On Wednesday, the 23rd, I pitched my camp at Daulatabad. A daughter of a gardener was brought before me who had a moustache and a thick beard as big as the hilt of a sword. Her appearance was like that of a man. There was hair in the middle of her chest as well, but she had no breasts. I discovered by her appearance that she ought not to have children. I told some women to take her aside and examine her, as perhaps she might be a hermaphrodite. They found she was in no way different from other women. I have recorded this in this volume on account of its strangeness.

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