Volume 2

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī, or, Memoirs of Jahāngīr ... / translated by Alexander Rogers .. ; edited by Henry Beveridge.

  • Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627.
Date:
1909-1914
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    G had obtained the governorship of Kashmir, had promised that he would conquer in the space of two years Tibet and Ki^twar, and the promised time had elapsed, and he had not fulfilled this service, I removed him, and promoted Dilawar K. Kakar to the Government of Kashmir. I gave him a dress of honour and an elephant, and sent him ofi. He also made a promise in writing that in the course of two years he would conquer Tibet and Ki^twar. Badfu-z- Zaman, s. Shahrukh M. came from the jagir he held in Sul- tanpur, and had the good fortune to kiss the threshold. Having at this time honoured Qasim K. with a jewelled dagger and an elephant, I dismissed him to the Government of the Punjab. On the night of Tuesday, the 21st, I marched from the stage mentioned, and turned the reins of the army of prosperity towards Ahmadabad, As in consequence of the great heat and the corruption of the air I would have had to undergo much hardship, and would have had to traverse a long distance before reaching Agra, it occurred to me not to proceed at this hot season to the capital. As I heard much praise of the rainy season in Gujarat, and there was no report about the evil reputation of Ahmadabad (see infra for account of epidemic there), I finally conceived the idea of remaining there. Inasmuch as the protection and guardianship of God (to Him be praise) was in all places and at all times extended to this suppliant, just at this crisis news arrived that signs of the plague (wahd) had shown themselves again at Agra, and many people were dying, my intention of not going to Agra, which had thrown its rays on my mind through Divine inspiration, was confirmed. The entertainment of Thursday, the 23rd, was held at the station of Jalod.* Previously to this, the rule of coinage was that on one face of the metal they stamped my name, and on the reverse the name of the place, and the month and year of the reign. At this time it entered my mind that in place of the month they should substitute the figure of the constellation which be- longed to that month; for instance, in the month of Far- * Jhalod in the Doliad ta‘luqa of the Panch Mahal district, Bombay.