Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s5.67

v1.c20.s5.67

On 14th Isfandārmuz [twelfth month of the solar year] “a representation came from my son Bābā Khurram that the elephant ‘Ālam Gumān [‘arrogant of the earth’], of which the Rānā was very fond, together with seventeen ‘Ālamgumān other elephants, had fallen into the hands of the victorious army.”² Jahāngīr rode this elephant on the second day of the New Year, which began on 21st March 1614.³