A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.37

v1.c8.37

By calculation, it appears that the Soorsun (generally written Shuhoorsun by the Mussulmans) was introduced on the Mirg, in Heejree 745, which corresponds with A.D. 1344-45; and hence it would appear that it must have originated with Mohummud Tughluk Shah. It was much more like his character, than that of the Emperor Akber, to introduce so useless an innovation; but it was in the reign of Akber that the Fusslee era commenced to the north of the Nerbuddah, and it was introduced into the Deccan by his grandson, Shah Jehan, in the year of the Heejree, 1047, or A.D. 1637-38. The Soorsun and Fusslee eras are merely solar years, setting out with the date of the year of the Heejree when they commenced, but without making allowance, in future reckoning for the difference between the solar and lunar years; by which means they differ rather more than three years every century. Both the Soorsun and Fusslee are called Mirg, or the husbandman’s year, from their commencing at the season when the fields begin to be sown.