The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 9.4.7

9.4.7

Anup Ray says that God Almighty gave him so much intelligence that he bore the tiger over deliberately to one side (in the original, that side), and that he knew no more. At this time the tiger left him and was making off. He in that state of bewilderment raised up his sword and followed him and struck him on the head. When the tiger turned his face round, he struck him another blow on the face, so that both his eyes were cut, and the skin of the eyebrows, which had been severed by the sword, fell over his eyes. In this state of affairs, a lamp-man of the name of Salih, as it was time to light the lamps, came in a hurry and by a blind chance came across the tiger. The tiger struck him one blow with his paw and knocked him down. To fall and give up his life were the same thing. Other people came in and finished the tiger's business. As Anup Ray had done this service to me and I had witnessed the way in which he offered his life, after he had recovered from the pain of his wounds and had the honour of waiting on me, I bestowed on him the title of Anira'I Singh-dalan. Anira'i they call in the Hindi language the leader of an army, and the meaning of Singh-dalan is a tiger-slayer. Giving him a special sword of my own, I increased his mansab. I gave Khurram, son of Khan A'zam, who had been appointed to the governorship of the province of Junagadh, the title of Kamil Khan. On Sunday, the 3rd Zi-l-qa'da, I employed myself in fishing, and 766 fish were caught;