[38] Daughters of the Bier—i.e., the constellation of the Plough. [↑]

[39] S͟has͟h-dar is the name of an impasse in the game of nard. [↑]

[40] The Muḥammad Beg of Roe? [↑]

[41] Jarrett, II. 239. [↑]

[42] 1 Ṣafar, 1033 = November 14, 1623. [↑]

[43] Jerdon states that the black partridge is called ghāghar about Benares. [↑]

[44] Probably Raḥīmābād in the Bārī Dū-āb. Jarrett, II. 332. [↑]

[45] Daraʿ or ẕaraʿ, yards? The text gives his weight as 20½, but bīst must be a mistake for has͟ht. [↑]

[46] He was a eunuch, and originally had the name of Iʿtibār K. He received the title of Mumtāz K. in this year. Tūzuk, 359. See Blochmann, 433. [↑]

[47] Az qadīmān u bābariyān (properly bairiyān). [↑]