The Nāṣirī Generations 190.2.4

190.2.4

xiv., July to December 1822, page 438, in which is a good account of this tract of country, entitled “Notes on Birar”], during which time the Rae despatched emissaries and sought for peace, sending at the same time three elephants, besides rarities and precious things [Shams-i-Saraj says after his return from Padmawati]. Hunting as he went along, the Sultan reached the territory of Rae Bhanu Diw [Shams-i-Saraj, Bir-bhan Diw — Alfi, Pir-mahi Diw — perhaps Bir-Mahi], who sent him some elephants. He then returned from thence with the object of hunting, came to Padmawati — South Bihar probably — which is a part abounding with elephants, captured thirty-three, and killed two which could not be secured. The Tabakat-i-Akbari, Firishtah, and Buda’uni, quote a verse composed on the occasion by Malik Ziya-ud-Din, thus showing to what extent the two latter — particularly Firishtah — copied from the former; but Firishtah appears somewhat confused in the latter part of his account, or has made considerable verbal alterations for some purpose; whilst Buda’uni [MS.] says the Sultan left Barani [Banarsi?], and proceeded from thence to Badwati [Padmawati] and Bram-Tala to hunt elephants. From Padmawati Sultan Firuz Shah returned to Karah in Rajab, 762 H.