The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 9.1.3

9.1.3

On the morning on which was the auspicious hour of entry into the city, after a watch and two gharis had passed I mounted and rode on a horse to the beginning of the inhabited part, and when I came to the immediate neighbourhood mounted on an elephant, so that the people from far and near might see, and scattering money on both sides of the road, at the hour that the astrologers had chosen, after midday had passed, entered with congratulation and happiness the royal palace. In accordance with the usual custom of the New Year I had ordered them to decorate the palace, which is like the courts of heaven. After seeing the decorations, Khwaja Jahan laid before me the offering that he had prepared. Having accepted out of the ornaments and jewels, dresses and goods, whatever I approved of, I gave the rest as a reward to him. I had ordered the clerks of the hunting department to write out (a list of) all the animals that had been killed from the time of my leaving until I re-entered the city. At this time they represented that in 56 days 1,362 animals, quadrupeds, and birds had been killed ; the tigers were 7 in number ; nilgaw, male and female, 70 ; black buck, 51 ; does and mountain goats and antelope (rojh), etc., 82 ; kulang (cranes), peacocks, surkhab, and other birds, 129 ; fish, 1,023. On Friday, the 7th, Muqarrab Khan came from the ports of Cambay and Surat, and had the honour of waiting on me.