The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c5.4

c5.4

(3) *Gifts, other than money.* — These were naturally of considerable variety. I have drawn up the following list from Dānishmand Khān’s history of the first two years of Bahādur Shāh’s reign (1708—1710): Jewelled ornaments, weapons, principally swords and daggers with jewelled hilts, *pālkīs* with fringes of gold lace and pearls, horses with gold-mounted and jewelled trappings, and elephants. The order in which the above are given indicates roughly both the frequency with which these presents were granted and the relative value set upon them, beginning with those most frequently given and the least esteemed.