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The memoirs present an episodic, first-person chronicle of an early seventeenth-century imperial reign, blending official reports, campaign narratives, and intimate personal reflections. Entries alternate between accounts of court politics and administration, vivid portraits of contemporaries, and appreciative descriptions of nature, gardens, and art. The narrator records judicial actions and harsh punishments alongside moments of compassion and cultured pursuits, producing a candid and sometimes contradictory self-portrait. The volume covers the opening years of rule and contains material that was later continued and abridged by other hands, yielding both documentary detail and anecdotal richness about life at the imperial court.

Index.

A

ʿAbbās S͟hāh I, king of Persia, prohibits servants from attacking Qandahar, 86;
his written orders, 112;
sent Akbar horses, 142;
ambassador brings presents, 193;
letters from, 193–6, 337;
sends mūmīyā and turquoise-earth, 238;
sends presents, 282–3, 310;
kills his son, 294;
talk with his ambassador about Ṣafī Mīrzā’s murder, 338;
forbids smoking, 370.

ʿAbdu-l-Karīm Maʿmūrī, directed to make buildings at Māndū, 280;
promoted, 368.

ʿAbdu-l-Lat̤īf, Akbar’s teacher, 28, n. 2;
tomb at Ajmir, 264.

ʿAbdu-l-Lat̤īf, son of Naqīb K͟hān, whipped, 171.

ʿAbdu-l-Lat̤īf, K͟hwāja, promoted, 288;
rewarded, 295.

ʿAbdu-l-Lat̤īf, descendant of rulers of Gujarat, captured, 378.

ʿAbdu-l-Wahhāb, S͟haik͟h, removed as incompetent, 75 and n. 1.

ʿAbdu-llah, son of K͟hān Aʿz̤am, receives title of Sarfarāz K͟hān, 149;
brought to Court and promoted, 260;
sent for from Ranṭambhor prison, 288;
unchained and sent to his father’s house, 289.

ʿAbdu-llah Bārha, Sayyid, promoted, 298;
brings news of victory, 380;
styled Saif K͟hān, 382.

ʿAbdu-llah K͟hān, Fīrūz-jang, Naqs͟hbandī K͟hwāja, began as an ahadi, 27;
promoted, 72, 140, 157, 200;
takes prisoner Rāja Rām Chand, 82;
produces him in Court, 87;
captures Badīʿu-z-zamān, 127;
appointed to act against Rānā and receives title of Fīrūz-jang, 155;
said to have killed prisoners, 213 note;
defeated in Deccan, 219–21, 234;
elephant sent to, 239 and n. 2, 310;
misbehaviour, 331;
pardoned, 335–6;
quarrel with ʿĀbid and punishment, 420–1.

ʿAbdu-n-Nabī, S͟haik͟h, Jahāngīr read the “Forty Sayings” with, 22.

ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm, K͟hānk͟hānān, son of Bairām, message sent to, 28;
enlists S͟hīr-afgan, 113;
presents forty elephants, etc., 134, 148;
comes to Court, 147;
his sons, 148;
undertakes to subdue Deccan, 149;
given an elephant and a superb horse, 151;
daughter, the wife of Dāniyāl, receives 10,000 rupees, 163;
sends manuscript of “Yūsuf and Zulaik͟hā” in Mīr ʿAlī’s handwriting, 168;
unsatisfactory conduct, 178–9;
given jagir in Agra province, 199;
sent to Deccan by advice of K͟hwāja Abū-l-ḥasan, 221;
promoted, 221;
applies for son’s leave, 243;
offering of, 295;
at Aḥmadābād, 429;
defeats Muz̤affar, 431.

ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm K͟har (ass), joins K͟husrau and receives title of Malik Anwar, 59;
sewn up in ass’s hide, but survives, 68–9;
given 1,000 rupees, 163;
pardoned and sent to Kashmir, 164.

ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm, son of Qāsim K͟hān, paymaster of ahadis, 116;
receives title of Tarbiyat K͟hān, 149.
See Tarbiyat.

ʿAbdu-r-Raḥmān, son of Abū-l-faẓl, promoted, 17, 121;
receives title of Afẓal K͟hān, 105;
made governor of Behar, 143;
given K͟harakpur in fief for a year, 146;
fighting elephant sent to, 167;
sends to Jahāngīr makers of eunuchs, 168;
quells Patna rebellion, 173–5;
sends presents, 206;
comes to Court and presents elephants, etc., 235;
death, 241.

ʿAbdu-r-Razzāq Maʿmūrī, made bakhshi, 13, 16;
made Court bakhshi (bak͟hs͟hī-Ḥuẓūr), 82;
sent to army, 155;
his garden near Agra, 190.

ʿAbdu-s-Salām, son of Muʿaz̤z̤am K͟hān, arrives opportunely with reinforcements, 212.

ʿAbdu-s-Sattār, Mullā, 389.

ʿAbdu-s-Subḥān K͟hān, brother of K͟hān ʿĀlam, released and promoted,177, 319;
killed in Afghanistan, 323.

Abhay Rām, son of Akhayrāj, makes riot and is slain, 29–30.

ʿĀbid, son of Niz̤āmu-d-dīn, historian, ill-treated, 331;
appointed to Kabul, 346;
quarrel with ʿAbdu-llah, 420.

ʿĀbidīn K͟hwāja, promoted, 60.
See also Addenda.

Abjad, 11, n. 3;
of words Allah Akbar and Jahāngīr, 253.

Āb-pās͟hī, festival of, 265, 295.

Abū-l-bī Ūzbeg, sent to Qandahar, 224;
(qu. perhaps should be Abū-n-nabī?), 234 and n. 1;
governor of Qandahar and sends presents, 235.

Abū-l-fatḥ, of Bijapur, also called Dekhanī, 180;
dagger presented to, 192;
waits on Jahāngīr, 228, 257;
obtains fief in Nagpur, 229.

Abū-l-fatḥ Gīlānī, buried at Ḥasan Abdāl, 100.

Abū-l-faẓl, S͟haik͟h, son of Mubārak, account of, 24;
killed by Bīr Singh Deo, 25;
referred to, 93, n. 2;
built embankment, 136 and n. 1;
sister of, 166 and n. 1;
report by, 355.

Abū-l-ḥasan (Āṣaf K͟hān IV), son of Iʿtimādu-d-daulah and brother of Nūr Jahan, receives title of Iʿtiqād, 202;
given sword, 203;
house of, 249;
comes from Burhanpur and waits on Jahāngīr, 252;
receives title of Āṣaf K͟hān, 260, 278;
sends Dayānat to Gwalior, 279;
offerings of, 281, 283, 319;
magnificent offerings, 320;
pays his respects, 373;
promoted, 381;
Jahāngīr visits, 388.

Abū-l-ḥasan, K͟hwāja, Dāniyāl’s diwan, had an audience, 79;
produces a letter of ʿAzīz Koka, 80;
joined with Āṣaf K͟hān, 103;
fire in his house, 172;
makes offering, 192;
appointed to Deccan as he had long served Sultān Dāniyāl there, 202;
sent to Deccan to inquire into cause of ʿAbdu-llah’s defeat, 219;
recommends dispatch of ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm, 221;
advice accepted and the K͟hwāja sent with ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm, 221;
made bak͟hs͟hī-kul, 256;
appointed along with Ibrahīm K͟hān to be paymaster of household, 260;
promoted, 282, 287, 318, 320.

Abū-l-ḥasan Shihābk͟hānī, made vizier of Bengal in room of Wazīr K͟hān (Muqīm), 139.

Abū-l-qāsim, brother of Āṣaf K͟hān, Muhammad Jaʿfar, 103.

Abū-l-qāsim Namakīn, his numerous children, 31;
assists in capture of K͟husrau, 67;
Jagirdar of Jalālābād, 102;
removed from there, 103.

Abū-l-wafā, given money for building bridge, etc., at Ḥasan Abdāl, 160.

Abū-l-walī, promoted, 160.

Abū-n-nabī (?), Ūzbeg, formerly governor of Mashhad, promoted, 27 and n. 1;
remark of, 30 and n. 1;
appointed to assist Farīd, 61 and n. 3.

Adhār, place in East Bengal, 213 and note.

ʿĀdil K͟hān, of Bījāpūr, horse sent by, wins race, 110;
offers loyalty, 176, 182, 203, 234;
gives niece in marriage to singer, 271;
musical compositions of, 272 and n. 1, 288;
sends offering, 299, 335, 368;
styled farzand, 388;
his diamond, 400;
presents elephants, 400–1.

Afẓal K͟hān, son of Abū-l-faẓl. See ʿAbdu-r-Raḥmān.

Afẓal K͟hān, title of Mullā S͟hukru-llah, the Mīrzā Sowcolla of Roe, S͟hāh Jahān’s diwan, report from, 368, 387;
promoted, 402.

Agra, description of, 3–5, 7.

Aḥdād, Afghan, creates disturbance, 197;
defeated, 263, 311–12.

Aḥmad Beg, Kābulī, reports K͟husrau’s march, 53;
removed, 102;
appointed to Bangas͟h, 105;
Attock transferred from, 111;
confined at Ranṭambhor, 279;
released, 297;
governor of Kashmir, 303.

Aḥmad K͟hān, brother of K͟hiẓr K͟hān, who was formerly ruler of K͟handesh, 76.

Aḥmad K͟haṭṭū, S͟haik͟h, a saint, 428 and note.

Aḥmad Lāhorī, S͟haik͟h, made Mīr-i-ʿAdl, 60 and n. 2.

Aḥmad, Sayyid, editor of Tūzuk, notes by, 164, 200, 215, 332, 428.

Aḥmad, Sultān of Gujarat, 420, 424.

Aḥmadābād, 401;
styled Gardābād, 414;
description of, 423;
mosque of, 424.

Ahmadnagar, 181;
grapes of, 360.

Aimāqs, cavalry, 55;
present to leaders, 58, 61;
killed, 64, 82 and note, 119, 159.

Ajmir, entered, 253;
description of, 340.

Akbar, emperor, desire for a son, 1;
makes Sīkrī his capital, 2;
styled after death ʿArs͟h-ās͟hyānī, 5;
illiterate, 33;
personal appearance, 33–4;
children of, 34;
good qualities, 37–8;
declines to kill Hemū, 40;
march to Gujarat, 40–1;
account of, 42–5;
abstinence of, 45;
‘Divine Faith,’ 60 and n. 2;
builds fort on Chenāb, 91;
changed name for cherries, 116;
anniversary of birth, 127;
of death, 148;
tomb of, visited by Jahāngīr, 152;
orders about Sunday, 184;
weighed twice a year, 230;
kept 1,000 cheetahs, 240;
appears to Jahāngīr in a dream, 269;
fondness for fruit, 270;
in Gujarat, 429, 436.

Akhayrāj, son of Bhagwān Dās, riot by his sons, 29.

ʿĀlam-gumān, name of elephant, 259, 260.

ʿAlāʾu-d-dīn, S͟haik͟h, grandson of S͟haik͟h Ṣalīm, receives title of Islām K͟hān, 31.
See Islām K͟hān.

Albino birds and beasts, 140.

ʿAlī Aḥmad, Mullā, son of S͟haik͟h Ḥusain, seal-engraver, 1,000 rupees given to, 159;
sudden death of, 169;
couplet by, 228 and n. 2.

ʿAlī Akbars͟hāhī, Mīrzā, promoted and given Sambhal in fief, 25 and note;
sent in pursuit of K͟husrau, 65;
given 1,000 rupees, 163;
reward to, 182;
comes from Deccan, 233;
death, 334.

ʿAlī Aṣg͟har Bārha, son of Sayyid Maḥmūd, styled Saif K͟hān, 32.
See Saif K͟hān.

ʿAlī Bārha, Sayyid, promoted, 282.

ʿAlī K͟hān Kaṛorī, receives title of Naubat K͟hān, 111 and n. 4.

ʿAlī K͟hān Niyāzī, sent to Deccan, 184.

ʿAlī K͟hān, ruler of K͟handesh, letter of ʿAzīz Koka to, 79–80.

ʿAlī Mardān K͟hān Bahādur, wounded and made prisoner, 220.

ʿAlī Masjid, fort of, 102, 117.

ʿAlī Qulī Istājlū, table servant of Ismāʿīl II, 113.
See S͟hīr-afgan.

Allahdād, son of Jalālā, presents to, 295, 321, 324, 390.

Allah-yār Koka, styled Himmat K͟hān, 406.

Alligator, 408.

Altūn-tamg͟hā, meaning of term, 23.

Alūwa Sarai (11 miles south-east of Sirhind), 61.

Amānābād, strange occurrence at, 247.

Amānat K͟hān, superintendent of Cambay, 418, 423.

Amānu-llah, son of Mahābat K͟hān, Rūp Bās called Amānābād after him, 252.

Amar Singh, Rānā, of Udaipūr, defeat of, 249–51;
submits, 273, 276, 285;
statue of, 332;
sends figs, 349.

Ambā, an oppressor (Sikh?), heavily fined, 73.

Amba K͟hān Kashmīrī, receives rank of 1,000, 75;
wounds S͟hīr-afgan and is himself killed, 115.

ʿAmbar, Malik, 220.
See Malik ʿAmbar.

ʿAmīd S͟hāh G͟horī or Dilāwar K͟hān, ruler of Malwa, 407.

Amīnu-d-daula, made Ātis͟h-i-begī, or perhaps Yātis͟h-begī, 13, 14 and n. 1.

Amīr K͟husrau, verses by, 100, 169.

Amīru-l-Umarā, see S͟harīf K͟hān.

Amrohī, halt at, 100.

Ananās (pineapple), 5.

Ānand K͟hān, title of S͟hauqī, 331;
given one day’s offerings, 370.

Anīrāʾī Singh-dalan, title of Anūp Rāy, saves Jahāngīr at tiger hunt, 185–7;
receives his title, 188;
in charge of Rustam Ṣafawī, 263;
charge of K͟husrau transferred from, to Āṣaf K͟hān (compare Sir T. Roe’s account), 336;
promoted, 373.

Anjū or Injū, see Jamālu-d-dīn Ḥusain.

Antelopes, 83;
grave of antelope at Jahāngīrpūr (S͟haik͟hūpūra), 90, 91, 122, 129;
milk of antelope, 148;
prayer carpet made of skins of, 203.

Anūp Rāy, see Anīrāʾī.

Āqā Mullā, brother of Āṣaf K͟hān, i.e. Muḥammad Jaʿfar Āṣaf (No. iii), rank fixed, 58.

Aqam Ḥājī, pretended Turkish ambassador, 144.

ʿĀqil, K͟hwāja, made bakhshi, 71;
promoted, 297;
made a K͟hān, 439.

ʿArab K͟hān, made fief-holder of Jalālābād, 103, 105;
given elephant, 170.

Ārām Bānū, daughter of Akbar and Bībī Daulat-S͟hād, 36;
character of, 36.

Arg͟hus͟htak (Afghan dance), 107 and note.

Arjumand Bānū (Mumtāz Maḥall), married to K͟hurram, Sult̤ān (S͟hāh Jahān), 224 and note;
birth of Dārā, 282.

Arjun, Sikh, fifth Gūrū, favours K͟husrau, 72:
put to death, 73 and n. 1.

ʿArs͟h-ās͟hyānī (title of Akbar), 5.

Arslān Bī, governor of Kāhmard fort, 118;
waited upon Jahāngīr, 125;
appointed to Sahwan, 203.

Asad Mullā, story-teller, 377.

Āṣaf K͟hān (No. iii), otherwise Mīrzā Jaʿfar Beg, son of Badīʿu-z-zamān, of Qazwīn (the Āṣaf No. iii of Blochmann), couplet on coins, 11;
nephew of Muk͟htār Beg, 16;
made vizier, 16, 42, 103 and n. 2;
given fief in Panjab, 47;
with Parwīz, 74;
left to guard K͟husrau, 82;
house visited by Jahāngīr, 132;
presents ruby, 148;
dies at Burhanpur, 222–3;
suspected of privity to Kabul plot of K͟husrau, 223.

Āṣaf-k͟hān (No. ii), see G͟hiyās̤u-d-dīn ʿAlī.

Āṣaf K͟hān (No. iv), see Abū-l-ḥasan.

Āsīrgarh, 34.

Attock, fort of, 101.

Avicenna quoted about wine-drinking, 306.

Āyīn-i-Jahāngīrī, Jahāngīr’s regulations, 205.

ʿAz̤āmat K͟hān, 432; death, 443.

ʿAzīz Koka, K͟hān Aʿz̤am, son of S͟hamsu-d-dīn and Jījī Angā, rescued by Akbar, 40–2;
accompanies Jahāngīr in pursuit of K͟husrau, 54;
discovery of his letter to ʿAlī K͟hān, 79–81;
hypocritical character, 138;
governor of Gujarat, 153;
sent to Deccan, 183;
governor of Malwa, 200;
S͟hādmān, his son, 203;
letter from, 203;
begs to be sent against the Rānā, 234, 256;
behaves badly, 257–8;
made over to Āṣaf K͟hān (No. iv) to be confined in Gwalior, but to be made comfortable, 261;
Akbar appears to Jahāngīr in a dream and begs forgiveness for ʿAzīz, 269;
brought from Gwalior and pardoned, 287;
gets lakh of rupees, etc., 289.