The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.36

v4.c17.36

Jahāngīr's intemperance had now begun to tell seriously on his health, which had also suffered from the climate of the districts in which he had spent the last five years. The advice of his physicians, supported by the influence of his wife, induced him to reduce his potations, but a permanent cure was not within his power. During his journey to Kābul in 1606 the crossing of the Jhelum river had reminded him of two visits he had paid to Kashmīr in his father's lifetime, and he had recorded a wish that he might visit that lovely tract in the spring. Hoping that he might recover his health in more pleasing conditions, he left Āgra at the end of 1619 and spent the whole of the following summer in the hills. The ascent by the rough tracks which had to be followed was difficult, and on one day, after a fall of snow, as many as twenty-five elephants were lost.