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The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 3.2.2

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 3.2.2

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3.2.2

" The second lord of conjunction, Shahinshah Jahangir, With justice and equity sat on the throne of happiness. Prosperity, Good Fortune, Wealth, Dignity, and Victory, With loins girt in his service, stood rejoicing before him. It became the date of the accession when Prosperity Placed his head at the feet of the Sahib-Qiran-i-Sani." To my son Khusrau a lakh of rupees was presented that he might build up for himself the house of Mun'im Khan, the (former) Khankhanan, outside the fort. The administration and government of the Panjab was bestowed on Sa'Id Khan, who was one of the confidential nobles and connected with my father by marriage. His origin was from the Moghul tribe, and his ancestors were in the service of my forefathers. At the time of his taking leave, as it was said that his eunuchs oppressed and tyrannized over the weak and the poor, I sent a message to him that my justice would not put up with oppression from anyone, and that in the scales of equity neither smallness nor greatness was regarded. If after this any cruelty or harshness should be observed on the part of his people, he would receive punishment without favour. Again, having previously bestowed on Shaikh Farid Bukhari, who had been Mir Bakhshi in my father's service, a dress of honour, a jewelled sword, a jewelled inkstand and pen, I confirmed him in the same post, and in order to exalt him I said to him, "I regard thee as Sdhibu-s-saif-wa-l-qalam" ("Captain Sword and Captain Pen").