[46] Mirăt-i-Áhmedi, Persian Text, 372. [↑]
[47] Mirăt-i-Áhmedi, Persian Text, 427–434. [↑]
[48] Arhar-Mátar is according to the Mirăt-i-Áhmedi (Persian Text, II. 126) the present Kaira sub-division of Mátar. The Mirăt-i-Áhmedi places it twenty miles south-west of Áhmedábád. It is four miles south-west of Kaira. [↑]
[49] In the beginning of Ajítsingh’s administration the Sacrifice Íd of the Musalmáns very nearly ended in a riot. An overzealous police officer belonging to the Kálúpúr section of Áhmedábád, hoping to please the Hindu viceroy, by force deprived some of the Sunni Bohorás of that quarter of a cow which they had purchased for the sacrifice. The Bohorás in a mass appealed to the Kázi who not succeeding in his representation to the viceroy was obliged to allay the popular excitement by publicly sacrificing a cow after the Íd prayers. Mirăt-i-Áhmedi Royal Asiatic Society MS., I. 567–568. [↑]
[50] This is the first known mention of Gohilváḍa, the Gohils country, as a separate district. [↑]
[51] During the governorship of Haidar Kúli at Surat the Mirăt-i-Áhmedi (Royal Asiatic Society MS., I. 567–568) notices the death of Mulla Abdul Ghafúr the founder of the wealthy family of the Mullás of Surat. Haidar Kúli confiscated Abdul Ghafúr’s property representing to the emperor that the Mulla died issueless. But the Mulla’s son Abdúl Hye proceeding to Dehli not only obtained from the emperor an order of restitution of property but the title of chief of merchants, Umda-tut-Tujjár, and an elephant. [↑]
[52] The sum is 6,75,000 mahmúdis. Like the changízi (see above page 222 note 2) the mahmúdi seems to have varied in value from one-third to one-half of a rupee. [↑]
[53] See note 1 page 312. The author of the Mirăt-i-Áhmedi (Persian Text Royal Asiatic Society’s Library Edition, I. 658) says Trimbakráv was slain. This seems an oversight as in another passage (Ditto, 738–739, see below page 312) he states that Trimbakráv was killed in 1731. The latter statement is in agreement with Grant Duff (History of the Maráthás, I. 364). [↑]
[54] The amount was 1,25,000 mahmúdis. [↑]
[55] Kasbátis are the descendants of the Musalmán garrisons of some towns of north Gujarát. The Kasbátis of Víramgám were originally Tánk Rájputs. [↑]