The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 9.1.5

9.1.5

On Thursday, the 13th, corresponding to the 19th Farwardin, which is the day of culmination of the sun and of gladness and pleasure, I ordered them to prepare an entertainment of different kinds of intoxicating drinks, and an order was given to the Amirs and servants of the Court that everyone might choose the kind of drink he affected. Many took wine and some mufarrih (exhilarating drinks), whilst some ate what they wished of the preparations of opium. The assembly was successfully held. Jahangir Quli Khan from Gujarat had sent as an offering a throne of silver, inlaid and painted, of a new fashion and shape, which was presented to me. A standard was also conferred on Maha Singh. In the commencement of my reign I had repeatedly given orders that no one should make eunuchs or buy or sell them, and whoever did so would be answerable as a criminal. At this time Afzal Khan sent some of these evildoers to Court from the Subah of Behar, who were continually perpetrating this vile offence. I ordered these unthinking ones (bi-'dqibatdn) to be imprisoned for life. On the night of the 12th an uncommon and strange event took place. Some Delhi singers (Qawwalan, see Jarrett, ii, 236) were singing songs in my presence, and Sayyidi Shah was, by way of buffoonery, mimicking a religious dance. This verse of Amir Khusrau was the refrain (miyan-khana) of the song —