A History of the Mahrattas v2.c43.27

v2.c43.27

³ [Sleeman describes the *nālkī* as ‘one of the three great insignia which the Mogul Emperors of Delhi conferred upon independent princes of the first class, and could never be used by any persons upon whom, or upon whose ancestors, they had not been conferred.’ The other two were the order of the Fish and the fan of peacock’s feathers. The Order of the Fish (*mahī marātib*) is said to have been instituted by Khusrū Parvīz, King of Persia (A.D. 591–628), and thence passed to the Nawābs of Oudh and the Mughal Emperors of Delhi.