Muntakhab al-lubab 179.4

179.4

After the fall of the fortress, Amiru-l umara Husain 'Ali took possession of the treasure, jewels, and valuables which had accumulated there in the course of three or four hundred years from the days of Sikandar Lodi and Babar Badshah, and were stowed away in the store-rooms. There were the effects of Nur Jahan Begam and Mumtaz Mahal, * * amounting in value, according to various reports, to two or three krors of rupees. * * There was in particular the sheet of pearls which Shah Jahan had caused to be made for the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, which was spread over it upon the anniversary of her marriage, and on Friday nights. There was the ewer of Nur Jahan, and her cushion of woven gold and rich pearls, with a border of valuable garnets and emeralds. The elder brother, 'Abdu-llah Khan, got nothing of all this, till, after four months, twenty-one lacs of rupees were grudgingly surrendered to him. Rajadhiraj (Jai Singh) sent his vakils to offer his apologies and make peace. * * It was eventually arranged that the faujdari of Surat, in the suba of Ahmadabad, should be held by Jai Singh, and the subadaris of Ahmadabad and Ajmir, including Jodhpur, should continue under Raja Ajit Singh. Under this arrangement the two rajas held all the country from thirty kos of Dehli, where the native land of Jai Singh begins, to the shores of the sea at Surat. Shah Jahan the Second died of dysentery and mental disorder, after a reign of three months and some days.