The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.8.2

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.