The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.8
The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 29.8
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29.8.1
On the 10th of the month of Dai, in the neighbourhood of the pargana of Rahimabad, the huntsmen brought in news of a tiger. I ordered Iradat K. and Fida’i K. to take with them some of the guards (ahl-i-yātish) and surround the wood, and mounting (an elephant) I followed them and went towards the hunt. From the number of trees and thickness of the jungle it could not be well seen. Driving the elephant forward, the tiger’s flank came into view, and with one wound from my gun he fell and gave up his life. Of all the tigers I have shot from the time when I was a prince until now I never saw a tiger like this for size and majesty and the symmetry of its limbs. I ordered the artists to take its portrait according to its real form and body. He weighed 84 Jahangiri maunds; His length, from the top of his head to the end of his tail, was cubits and 2 tassu of a yard).
29.8.2
On the 16th it was reported that Mumtaz K., the governor of Agra, had died. At first he was in the service of Bahadur K., the brother of Khan Zaman. After they were killed he entered the service of my revered father. When I placed my foot in the world of existence that revered person favoured me with making him the Nazir (Superintendent) of my establishment. For a period of fifty-six years he served me sincerely and zealously and in a manner to please me, and at no time did a speck of dust from him settle on the fringe of my heart. What is due to him for the excellence of his service is more than a clerk could write. May God Almighty overwhelm him in the ocean of His forgiveness ! Having conferred on Muqarrab K., who is one of the old officials, the government and administration of Agra, I gave him his leave. In the neighbourhood of Fathpur, Mukarram K. and his brother ‘Abdu-s-Salam had the good fortune to pay their respects. On the 22nd the entertainment for my lunar weighment took place in the town of Mathura, and the fifty-seventh year of my age began auspiciously and happily. At Mathura I went on by boat seeing what was to be seen, and hunting. On the way the huntsmen reported that a tigress with three cubs had appeared. Disembarking from the boat I engaged in the pleasure of sport. As the cubs were small I ordered them to be taken by hand, and killed the mother with my gun.
29.8.3
At this time it was reported to me that the villagers and cultivators on the other side of the river Jumna had not given up stealing and highway robbery, and, passing their time in the shelter of thick jungles and difficult strong places in stubbornness and fearlessness, would not pay their rents to the jagirdars. I gave an order to Khan Jahan to take a force of mansabdars with him and give them exemplary punishment, and having slaughtered, imprisoned, and plundered them, raze to the ground their strongholds and forts, and tear up from the root their thorn-brakes of mischief and disturbance. The next day the force crossed the river and made a hot attack on them. As they had no time for escape by flight they planted firmly the foot of folly, and showed fight. Many of them were slaughtered: their women and children were taken prisoners, and much booty fell into the hands of the victorious army. On 1st Bahman, having promoted Rustam K. to the faujdarship of the Sarkar of Qanauj, I sent him there.
29.8.4
On the 2nd ‘Abdu-llah, s. Hakim Nuru-d-din, of Teheran, was ordered to be capitally punished in my presence. The explanation of this brief announcement is as follows : When the ruler of Persia, on suspicion of his having money and other property, tortured his father, the aforesaid fled from Persia, and with a hundred miseries and adversities threw himself into Hindustan, and by the patronage of I‘timadu-d-daula was enrolled among the servants of the Court. By the aid of good fortune, having in a short time become well known, he was included among those who were in immediate attendance, and obtained a mansab of 500 and a fertile jagir, but as his capacity was small (lit., his digestion was narrow) he could not stand such great good fortune, and assumed ingratitude and unthankfulness; and constantly defiled his tongue with abuse of his lord and master. At this time it was continually reported to me that as my kindness to him and observance of what was due to him increased, that ungrateful one blamed and abused me the more. When I considered the favours I had bestowed upon him, I could not believe these stories about him, but at last I heard from impartial and disinterested persons the disrespectful language which he had used with respect to me in assemblies and companies. The charge was thus confirmed, and accordingly I summoned him to my presence and had him executed.
29.8.5
“A red tongue gives the green head to the winds.” As the huntsmen reported that there was a tigress in this neighbourhood, by the mischief caused by which the inhabitants were oppressed, I ordered Fida’i K. to take elephants with him and surround it. Mounting myself, I followed him into the forest. It soon came to view, and with one shot from my gun its affairs were finished. One day I was enjoying myself with sport, and caught a black partridge with a hawk. I ordered them to open its crop in my presence. A mouse it had swallowed whole came out of its crop, and which was not yet digested. I was greatly astonished that the pipe of its gullet, small as it was, should swallow a whole mouse and how it had done so. Without exaggeration, if anyone had told me the tale I should not have believed it. As I saw this myself I have recorded it on account of its strangeness. On the 6th of the month Delhi became the abode of good fortune. As Jagat Singh, s. Raja Baso, at the instigation of Bi-daulat, had gone out into the hills in the north of the Panjab, which are his hereditary abode, and raised a disturbance there, I appointed Sadiq K. to punish him, as has been related in the preceding pages. At this time Madho Singh, his younger brother, was promoted to the title of Raja, and given a horse and robe of honour. An order was given for him to go to Sadiq K. and attack the rebels with him.
29.8.6
Next day I marched from the outskirts of the city, and alighted at Salimgarh. As the house of Raja Kishan Das was on the road, and he had made great efforts and entreated me to do so, I at his request threw the shadow of prosperity on his dwelling, and gratified the desire of that old servant. A few of his offerings were accepted in order to dignify him. Marching on the 20th from Salimgarh, I appointed Sayyid Bahwa Bukhari to the governorship of Delhi, which is his ordinary residence. In fact, he had already done this service well, and I had given him high rank.
29.8.7
At this time ‘Ali Muhammad, s. ‘Ali Ray, ruler of Tibet, by his father’s order came to Court, and had the good fortune to pay his respects. It was clear that ‘Ali Ray had a great affection for and attachment to this son, and held him dearer than his other children. He wished to make him his successor, and he was consequently envied by his brothers, and disputes arose between them. Abdal, s. ‘Ali Ray, who was the eldest of his children, through this jealousy sought the patronage of the Khan of Kashghar and made him his protector, so that when ‘Ali Ray, who was very old and decrepit, should die, he might, under the protection of the Wali of Kashghar, become ruler of Tibet. ‘Ali Ray, suspecting that the brothers might attack ‘Ali Muhammad, and a disturbance might arise in his country, sent him to Court, his desire being that he might be attached to this Court, and his affairs might prosper by service to and kindness shown by the Court.
29.8.8
On the 1st of the Ilahi month of Isfandarmuz I pitched in the pargana of Umbala. Lashkari, s. Imam-wirdi, who had run away from Bi-daulat, and joined the service of my auspicious son Shah Parwiz, having come on this date to Court, kissed the threshold. A report came from my son and Mahabat K. It contained the recommendation and the offer of service of ‘Adil K., with a letter which he had sent to Mahabat, in which were set forth his submissiveness and loyalty. Lashkari was sent back to Parwiz with a dress of honour, a nadiri with pearl buttons for the prince, and a dress of honour for Khan ‘Alam and Mahabat K. At the request of my son I wrote a gracious farman to ‘Adil K. showing great favour to him, and sent him a robe of honour with a special nadiri. I gave an order that if they thought fit they should send the above-mentioned to ‘Adil K.