Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s4.64

v1.c20.s4.64

The Nauroza.—The allusion of the princely poet in the phrase, “ bartering their honour on the Nauroza,” requires some explanation. The Nauroza, or ‘ New Year’s Day,’ when the sun enters Aries, is one of great festivity among the Muhammadan princes of the East ; but of that alluded to by Prithiraj we can form an adequate idea from the historian Abu-l Fazl.¹