The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 40: J

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 40

Language: English

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40.108

Jadrup Gosain, J.’s interviews with at Ujjain, 49, 52; at Mathura, 104, 105, 108

40.289

Jagat Singh, s. Raja Basu, made Raja of Kangra, 75 and note, 154; rebels, 287; pardoned at instance of Nur-Jahan, 289

40.270

Jagat Singh, s. Rana Karan, 191; joins J., 261; receives a string of pearls, 270

Jahangir, Emperor, eldest s. Akbar, celebrates thirteenth year of reign at Dohad in Gujarat, 1; fifty first lunar birthday, 1; makes gifts and appointments, 1-4; goes elephant-hunting, 4-5; proceeds Ahmadabad, 6; Zodiacal coinage, 6-7; entertainment on bank Mahi, 7; fishes and distributes charity, 8; sends inscribed diamond to S. ‘Abbas, 8-9; enters Ahmadabad, 9; sickness in camp, 10; appointments, 10-12; abuses Ahmadabad and gives it nicknames, 13; in spite of illness attends in jharoka, 14; impromptu couplet, 15; pairing of Saras, 16-18; describes some elephants, 18; frontispiece Jahangir-nama, 20; violent rain, 21; about diamonds, 21-22; refers again to Saras, 23, 25, 32, 39, 42; elephant-catch, 24; leaves for Agra, 25; copies of Vol. 1. Jahangir-nama, 26; orders executions postponed till sunset, 28; an impromptu, 30, 31; recites verse at meeting of Shaikhs, 32; bids a Sayyid translate Qoran, 34-35; resolves to give up shooting at end of fiftieth year, 36; sends portrait and quatrain Bijapur, 37; copies Jahangir nama given I‘timadad-daula and Asaf K., 37; hunting, 39; anecdote of Akbar, 41; ‘Inayat’s death, 43; illness of Prince Shuja,‘ 45; anecdote of Akbar, 45-46; Aurangzib born at Dohad, 47; three days’ halt 47; comet (?), 48; interviews Jadrup, Shah-Jahan presents his child (Aurangzib) and fifty elephants, 50; story of gardener’s daughter, 50-52; interviews Jadrup, 52-53; inspects hawks, 54; crosses Ghati Chanda, 57; duck-shooting, 58; gives his pustin to Khan-khanan, 58; visits Rantambur, 58; describes Akbar’s siege of it, 58-59; releases many prisoners and gives them gratuities, 59; enjoys hawking, 60; Hindaun quatrain (‘Umar Khayyam’s) at, 62; visits Bayana, 63; his mother’s well and garden, 64; arrives Fathpur, 64; plague at Agra, 65-67; has S. Jahan weighed, 68; J.’s mother arrives, 68; Salim Chishti’s tomb, 70; hunting, 70; Fathpur mosque, 71; Amanabad, 73; Nur Jahan’s necklace, 74; Nur Manzil Garden, 76; fourteenth year, 78; Amanabad, 83; S. Jahan’s mother (Jodh Ba’i) dies, 84; enters Agra, 84; death of Shah Nawaz, 87; honours Khankhanan’s other sons, 88; Markhur goats, 88-89; account of Shaikh Ahmad, 91; Sultan Parwiz arrives, 93; fine specimen of fish teeth (? walrus tooth), 94; arranges visit to Kashmir, 97; plants avenues, 100; visits Akbar’s tomb, 101; Brindaban, 103; visits Jadrup at Mathura, 104-06, 108; gets Nur-Jahan to shoot tiger, 105; releases Khusrau, 107; orders painting of a falcon, 108; visits Delhi and Humayun’s tomb with children and ladies, 109; hunts at Palam, 109; visits old female servant, 110; Kairana Garden, 112; hawking, 112; Sirhind Garden, 113; Shah-Jahan’s son, 112, 113; Kalanaur, 114; Timur’s portrait, 116; verses, 118; visit of a Lahore saint (Miyan S.) (This was the teacher of Mullah Shah, known as Miyan Mir, after whom Meean Mir was named), 119; ring-hunt made, 120; on way to Kashmir, 123, etc.; fifteenth year, 130; account of Kashmir and Kishtwar, 130-151; Shuja’s accident, 151; death of J.’s wife, Padshah Banu Begam (also known as Saliha Banu), 159; defeat at Bangash, 160; S. Ahmad pardoned, 161; picture gallery, 162; appointments made, 162, 164, 165; gets parti-coloured fish-tooth from Transoxiana, 166; list of birds and beasts not found in Kashmir, 168, 170; visits Virnag, the source of Jhelam, 170; visits Inch, 172; visits Achval, 173; suffers from shortness of breath, 176; visits Lar Valley, 176; returns India, 177; arrives Lahore, 183; Delhi, 194; Humayun’s tomb, 196; hunting, 197; Agra, 197; punishes murderer, reflections thereon, 211; tragical fate of blacksmith, 211; illness, 212; bad conduct of physicians, 213; Nur-Jahan prescribes for him, 214; Parwiz arrives, 215; death of Nur-Jahan’s mother, 216; leaves Agra, 217; Hardwar, 218; Sirhind, 220; Kangra, 222; death of Nur-Jahan’s father, 222; inspects Kangra fort, 223; has bullocks slaughtered on top, 223; describes jungle-fowl, 226; experiments on a Sannyasi, 227; entrusts Nur-Jahan with her father’s power, 228; hunting, 229; in Kashmir, 232; abolishes faujdari cess, 232; leaves Kashmir, 237; correspondence with Shah-‘Abbas about Qandahar, 240-45; gives up journal, 246; bad news about Shah-Jahan’s disloyalty, 246-48; styles him henceforth Bidaulat (wretch), 248; a conspiracy detected and punished, 249; near Delhi, 252; eighteenth year, 253; sends his quiver to ‘Abdullah Firuz Jang, who suddenly joins the rebels, 255; death of Sundar (Bikramajit), 256; victory over Bidaulat (Shah-Jahan) and La’natu-llah (‘Abdullah), 256; rewards to faithful servants, 256; Mansur Farangi and brother join J., 258; Badi‘u-z-Zaman murdered by his brothers, 259; Parwiz starts with large force to pursue Bidaulat, 260; death of J.’s mother, 261; Safi K.’s victory over La‘natu-llah, 261-67; J. kills four tigers, 269; death of Mansur Farangi, 271; flight of Bidaulat, 273; birth of Shahriyar’s daughter, 276; Bidaulat at Asir, 278; J. sets out for Kashmir, 282; a remarkably fine tiger, 284; ‘Abdu-llah, s. Hakim Kuru-d-din, executed for disrespectful language, 286; J. arrives Delhi, 287; Bidaulat takes refuge in Qutbu-l-Mulk’s territory, and proceeds towards Orissa and Bengal, 289; nineteenth year, 294; orders that the blind and mutilated should be kept away from his presence, 294; Parwiz ordered to proceed towards Allahabad and Bihar, 296; Bidaulat at Rajmahal, 299

40.182

Jahangirabad, hunting lodge, 182

40.117

Jahangir Quli, s. ‘Azizkoka, removed from Bihar, 38; pays his respects, 113; receives dress of honour, 117

40.171

Jalal, s. Dilawar, 135, 136, 137, 171

40.161

Jalal Gakhar, father of Akbar Quli, killed in battle with Afghans, 160, 161

40.98

Jalal Sayyid, descend. Shah ‘Alam Bukhari, given elephant, 98

40.85

Jalal Tariki, 85

40.19

Jam, the, 2, 19

40.136

Jamal, eldest s. Dilawar, 135, 136

40.27

Jamal Baluch, Akbar’s huntsman, 27

40.71

Jamala-d-din Husain Inju. See ‘Azudu-d-daula.
Jami, his verses, 15, 71

40.220

Jan-bahan, name of a bird, 220

40.4

Jareja tribe, 4

40.257

Jauhar Mal, rebel, 185 (? Suraj Mal)
Jay Singh, grandson Man Singh, 253, 257

40.14

Jharokha, J. sits in for hours at Ahmadabad, 14

40.253

Jograj promoted, 253

40.235

Jones, Sir W., 36 and note
Jotik Ray, astrologer, 152, 160, 203, 215, 235

40.153

Jughasi tulips, 153

40.276

Jumla, Mir, proper name Muh. Amin, arrives from Persia, 3 and note; promoted, 15; made Examiner of Petitions, 37; promoted, 154; made Khansaman, 175; promoted, 276

40.226

Jungle fowl, 226

40.224

Jwala Mukhi, 224