The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.2
The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 29.2
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On the 19th the Feast of the culmination was held, and many of the servants of the State were raised in mansab, and had suitable favours conferred on them. Mir ‘Azudu-d-daulah, having come from Agra, waited on me. He brought a vocabulary of words that he had prepared. In truth he had taken much pains, and collected together all the words from the writings of ancient poets. There is no book like this in the science. Raja Jay Singh was raised to the mansab of 3,000 with 1,400 horse, and a special elephant was presented to my son Shahriyar. The post of ‘Arz-muharrir (examiner of petitions) was conferred on Musawi K. Amanu-llah, s. Mahabat K., was given the title of Khan-zad Khan, was favoured with a mansab of 4,000 personal and horse, and was honoured with a flag and drums. On the 1st of the Divine month of Urdibihisht I pitched on the bank of the lake at Fathpur. I‘tibar K. came from Agra and waited on me, and was graciously received. Muzaffar K., Mukarram K., and his brother also came from Agra, and had the good fortune to wait on me. As I‘tibar K. had done approved service in the charge of the Agra fort he was dignified with the title of Mumtaz K., and I gave him the mansab of 6,000 personal and 5,000 horse, and having bestowed on him a dress of honour, a jewelled sword, a horse, and a special elephant, I sent him back to his duty. Sayyid Bahwa was promoted to the mansab of 2,000 and 1,500 horse, Mukarram K.
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to that of 3,000 and 2,000 horse, and Khwaja Qasim to that of 1,000 with 400 horse. On the 4th Mansur K. Farangi, whose circumstances have been recorded in the preceding pages (?), with his brother and Naubat K. Dakhani, by the guidance of good fortune separated themselves from Bi-daulat, and came into my service. I sent Khawass K. to my fortunate son Shah Parwiz. Mirza ‘Isa Tarkhan, having come from Multan, had the good fortune to kiss the threshold. A special sword was given to Mahabat K. On the 10th the camp was pitched in the pargana of Hindaun. Mansur K. (the Farangi) was raised to the mansab of 4,000 personal and 3,000 horse, and that of Naubat K. to that of 2,000 and 1,000 horse. On the 11th was a halt. As on this day a meeting with my fortunate son Shah Parwiz had been arranged, I ordered that the powerful princes and the illustrious Amirs and all the devoted servants should go out to meet him, and bring him to wait on me in a fitting manner. After midday had passed, at an auspicious chosen hour he kissed the ground and illuminated the forehead of his sincerity. After the usual salutations had been performed and the customary ceremonies gone through I embraced my fortunate son with the greatest pleasure and affection, and loaded him with more and more favours.
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At this time news came that Bi-daulat, when he was passing through the township (hawali) of the pargana of Amber, which was the hereditary abode of Raja Man Singh, had sent a band of scoundrels and plundered that cultivated spot. On the 12th I pitched outside the village of Sarwali. I had previously sent Habash K. (Abyssinian) to repair the buildings at Ajmir. I promoted my fortunate son Shah Parwiz to the high mansab of 40,000 and 30,000 horse. As it was reported that Bi-daulat had sent off Jagat Singh, s. Raja Baso, to his own country to raise disturbances in the hills of the Panjab, I promoted Sadiq K., chief Bakhshi, to the governorship of that province, and ordered him to punish him, giving him a dress of honour, with a sword and an elephant, and making up his mansab, original and increased, to 4,000 personal and 3,000 horse. I also honoured him with a standard (tugh) and drums. At this time it was reported to me that the younger brothers of Mirza Badi‘u-z-zaman, s. Mirza Shahrukh, who was known as Fathpuri, had attacked him unawares and killed him. About this time his brothers came to Court and paid their respects. His own mother also waited on me, but did not make a claim, as was proper, for her son’s blood, and (so) proceedings could not be taken according to law.
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Although his disposition was so bad that his murder was not to be regretted, but on the contrary was opportune and advantageous, yet, as these wretches had shown such audacity with regard to their elder brother, who was to them in the position of a father, I ordered them to be put in gaol, and afterwards what was deemed proper should be done to them. On the 21st Raja Gaj Singh and Ray Suraj Singh arrived from their jagirs, and had the good fortune to kiss my stirrup. Mu‘izzu-l-mulk, whom I had sent to Multan to summon my son Khan Jahan, came and waited on me, and presented me with a letter about his severe illness and weakness. He had sent his son Asalat K. with 1,000 horse to wait on me, and expressed great regret at being deprived of the honour of meeting me. As his apology was evidently sincere, I accepted it. On the 25th my fortunate son Prince Parwiz, with the victorious army, was sent in pursuit to overthrow Bi-daulat. The reins of authority over the powerful Prince, and the centre of the ordering of the victorious army, were given into the hand of Mu’taminu-d-daula Mahabat K. Of the illustrious Amirs and life-sacrificing brave men who were in attendance on the Prince of lofty fortune, this is the detail.
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Khan ‘Alam, Maharaja Gaj Singh, Fazil K., Rashid K., Raja Girdhar, Raja Ram Das Kachhwaha, Khwaja Mir ‘Abdu-l-‘Aziz, ‘Azizu-llah, Asad K., Parwarish K., Ikram K., Sayyid Hizbar K., Lutfu-llah, Ray Narayan Das, and others to the number of 40,000 horse, with much artillery. Rs. 2,000,000 (twenty lakhs) of treasure were sent with them. At a propitious hour they were started with my son, and bridle to bridle with victory. Fazil K. was appointed Bakhshi and newswriter to the victorious army. A special dress of honour was bestowed on the Prince, with a nadiri of gold brocade, and pearls on the collar and skirt worth Rs. 41,000, prepared in the royal establishment, and a private elephant of the name Ratan Gaj, ten female elephants, a private horse, and a jewelled sword, the value of the whole of which was Rs. 77,000. These were all given to the Prince. Nur Jahan Begam also gave him a dress of honour, a horse, and an elephant, as is the custom. To Mahabat K. and the other Amirs, according to their standing, horses, elephants, and dresses of honour were presented. The immediate attendants of the prince were also honoured with favours. On this day Muzaffar K. received a dress of honour on appointment to the post of chief Bakhshi. On the first of the Divine month of Khurdad Prince Dawar-bakhsh, s. Khusrau, was appointed to Gujarat, and Khan A‘zam to the high dignity of tutor to him.
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I conferred on the prince a horse, an elephant, a dress of honour, a private jewelled dagger, a standard (tugh), and drums. Khan A‘zam, Nawazish K. and other servants were honoured with presents according to their standing. Iradat K. was appointed Bakhshi in place of Fazil K. Ruknu-s-saltana Asaf K. exalted his head with the dignity of the Subadarship of Bengal and Orissa. A special dress of honour, with a jewelled sword, were conferred on him. Abu Talib [i.e., Shaista K.], his son, was appointed to accompany him, and promoted to the mansab of 2,000 with 1,000 horse. On Saturday, the 9th, corresponding with the 19th Rajab, A.H. 1032 (May 9, 1623), the camp was pitched at the Ana-Sagar lake outside Ajmir. Prince Dawar-bakhsh, being honoured with the mansab of 8,000, and 3,000 horse, was granted Rs. 2,00,000 of treasure for the expenses of the army which accompanied him. Rs. 1,00,000 I also gave as an advance to Khan A‘zam. Allah-yar, s. Iftikhar Beg, who was in the service of my fortunate son Shah Parwiz, was at his request granted a standard. Tatar K. took leave on his appointment to the charge of Fort Gwalior. Raja Gaj Singh was appointed to the mansab of 5,000, with 4,000 horse.
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On this day news came from Agra that Her Highness (hazrat) Maryamu-z-zamani, by the decree of God, had died. I trust that Almighty God will envelop her in the ocean of His mercy. Jagat Singh, s. Rana Karan, having come from his native place, had the good fortune to pay his respects. Ibrahim K. Fath-jang, governor of Bengal, had sent thirty-four elephants by way of offering, and they were submitted to me. Baqir K. was appointed faujdar of Oudh, and Sadat K. to the Du-ab. The Mir Mushrif was made Diwan-i-buyutat. On the 12th of the Divine month of Tir a report came from the officials of Gujarat with the good news of victory and conquest. The particulars of this summary are that I had granted the Subah of Gujarat, the abode of Sultans of high dignity, to Bi-daulat as a reward for his victory over the Rana, as has been fully related in the preceding pages. Sundar, the brahman, administered and protected the country. When futile ideas entered his ungrateful mind, he sent for that dog of a Hindu, who was always shaking the chain of enmity and perversity, along with Himmat K., Sharza K., Sar-afraz K., and many of the royal servants who were fiefholders in the province. Sundars brother Kunhar was appointed in his room.