Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t3.16
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t3.16
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v3.c42.s1.t3.16
² An ancient institution of the Timurian kings, derived from their Tartar ancestry. For a description of this festival see Vol. I. p. 400, and Āīn, i. 276 f. [See the lively account of these fairs by Bernier (p. 272 f.). They were held in the Mīna, or ‘ heavenly,’ bāzār, near the Mīna Masjid, or mosque, in the Agra Fort (Syad Muhammad Latif, Agra, 75 f.).]