A drop from the cloud of his sword is a tempest.
As by his order this illumined mosque was built,
May his forehead shine by his prostration.
A hidden messenger said: “In seeking for the date
(Say) The mosque of S͟hāh Jahāngīr was illumined.”[72]
On the first of the Divine month of Isfandārmuẕ I gave the establishment and everything belonging to the government and Amirship of Iʿtimādu-d-daula to Nūr Jahān Begam, and ordered that her drums and orchestra should be sounded after those of the king. On the 4th of the same month I pitched in the neighbourhood of the pargana of Kas͟hhūna.[73] On this day K͟hwāja Abū-l-Ḥasan was raised to the lofty dignity of supreme Diwan. I conferred dresses of honour on 32 individuals of the Deccan Amirs. Abū Saʿīd, grandson of Iʿtimādu-d-daula, was raised to the mansab of 1,000 personal and 500 horse. At this time a report came from K͟hurram that K͟husrau, on the 8th[74] (20th) of the month, had died of the disease of colic pains (qūlanj), and gone to the mercy of God.
On the 19th of the month I pitched on the bank of the Bihat (Jhelam). Qāsim K. was raised to the mansab of 3,000 personal and 2,000 horse. Rāja Kis͟han Dās was selected for the duty of faujdār of Delhi, and his mansab was fixed at 2,000 personal and 500 horse, original and increased. Previously to this, huntsmen and yasāwulān (guards) had been ordered to prepare a jarga (hunting-ring) in the s͟hikār-gāh (hunting-place of) Girjhāk. When it was reported to me that they had brought the game into the enclosure, on the 24th of the month I went out to hunt with some of my special servants. Of hill quchqār (rams?) and gazelles 124[75] head were taken. On this day it was reported that Z̤afar K. s. Zain K., had died. I promoted Saʿādat Umīd, his son, to the mansab of 800 personal and 400 horse.
[1] The I.O. MSS. have “Saturday.” But Monday seems right, as Thursday was 4 Farwardīn. [↑]
[2] In the Āyīn, which was composed in the 40th year of Akbar’s reign, Salīm’s rank is given as 10,000, Murād’s as 8,000, and Dāniyāl’s as 7,000 (p. 308). [↑]