The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.19

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Jahāngīr now felt that he could leave the capital and be nearer the control of the campaign in Mewār. He also wished to visit the tomb of Khvāja Mu'īn-ud-dīn Chishtī at Ajmer, whom he regarded as a patron saint. Leaving Āgra in the autumn of 1613 he proceeded in a leisurely manner, hunting on the way. The ladies of the imperial zanana took advantage of a Hindu festival, the Dasahra, to reconcile him to Khusrav and it was arranged that father and son should meet daily. The Khān A'zam, who had seen no advantage to himself in the unsatisfactory position in the Deccan, had been transferred to Mewār, and at his request Jahāngīr also deputed his own son Khurram, Rājā Basu having died while the emperor was marching to Ajmer. This arrangement was not congenial to Khurram, who reported that Khān A'zam was unsatisfactory and was suspected of intrigues in favour of his son-in-law Khusrav. Jahāngīr was so impressed by these reports that he removed Khān A'zam from the command and made him over to the custody of Āsaf Khān with instructions that he should be kept in the fort of Gwalior, which had been the enforced residence of so many *détenus*. Jahāngīr also forbade Khusrav to come before him, as he had shown no signs of pleasure at seeing his father but preserved a sad attitude. Orders were issued that the Khān A'zam was to be treated well, but his children were kept under surveillance at the royal camp in Ajmer. Before long he was himself released and brought to court where he was allowed to stay on condition that he restrained his language.