B
Bābā K͟hurram, see K͟hurram Bābā and S͟hāh Jahān.
Bābar, emperor, defeats Ibrāhīm,
Sult̤ān, 4;
makes garden, 4;
styled Firdūs-makānī, 5;
waited on by Dilāwar K͟hān, 87;
his stone terrace at Kabul, 108;
his Memoirs, 109, 110 note, 215;
Jahāngīr visits his tomb, 110;
revisits stone terrace, 121;
defeats Rānā Sāngā, 250;
verse by, 304.
Bad luck, four causes of, 235.
Badīʿu-z-zamān, fourth son of
S͟hāhruk͟h, 120;
goes off to join Rānā, arrested and sent to Court, 127;
gets 2,000 rupees, 160;
promoted, 163, 289, 360;
waits on Jahāngīr, 202;
appointed to expedition against Rānā, 204.
Bāgha, son of Rānā, 74.
Baglāna, account of, 396.
Bahādur, son of Muz̤affar Gujarātī,
makes disturbance, 49;
death, 274.
Bahādur, Sultan of Gujarat, 408.
Bahādur K͟hān Qūrbegī,
promoted, 81;
governor of Qandahar, 282,
319;
makes offering, 379.
Bahāduru-l-mulk, given standard, 255;
promoted, 285.
Bahra-war, son of Mahābat K͟hān, 346.
Bairām K͟hān, Akbar’s tutor,
38;
kills Tardī Beg, 39;
advises Akbar to kill Hemū, 40;
married to Salīma Sult̤ān Begam, 232.
Bais͟h (Vais͟hya), Hindu caste, 245.
Bāk Bhal, village, 165.
Bak͟htar K͟hān Kalāwant, ʿĀdil K͟hān’s favourite, 271.
Bālā Ḥiṣār, of Kabul, inspected, 118.
Bāmīyān, 117 and note.
Banārasī, S͟haik͟h, misconduct at Patna and punishment, 175–6.
Bang and būza, forbidden, 157.
Bansībadan, elephant sent by Islām K͟hān, 237.
Bāppa, 250 n. 2.
Bāqī K͟hān, ruler of Transoxiana, 26.
Bargīs (Mahrattas), 220.
Bārha Sayyids, 64.
Bark͟hūrdār, son of
ʿAbdu-r-Raḥmān, son of Muʾayyid Beg, ordered back
to his fief, 21;
given title of K͟hān ʿĀlam, 154.
See also K͟hān ʿĀlam.
Bark͟hūrdār, brother of ʿAbdu-llah
Fīrūz-jang, gets title of Bahādur K͟hān,
146;
promoted, 163.
Basāwal, 103.
Bāso, Raja of Māu, promoted, 49;
sent in quest of K͟husrau, 65;
in charge of Rām Chand Bandīlah, 87;
appointed to army against Rānā, 200;
death, 252.
Batoh, village in Gujarat, 436.
Bāyazīd, S͟haik͟h, grandson of
S͟haik͟h Salīm, promoted, 32;
receives title of Muʿaz̤z̤am K͟hān, 79;
governor of Delhi, 137;
promoted and sent to Delhi, 171;
sons promoted, 202.
Bāyazīd Bārha, 418.
Bāyazīd Biyāt, quoted, 107 note.
Bāyazīd Mankalī, pays respects along with
his brothers on coming from Bengal, 166;
sent off after getting dress, 170.
Bāysung͟har, son of Dāniyāl, 75.
Bāz Bahādur, title of Lāla Beg, son of
Niz̤ām librarian to Humayūn, 21;
held fief in Bihar, 21.
Bāz Bahādur Qalmāq, waits on
Jahāngīr, 79;
appointed to Deccan, 184.
Bengal, account of, 207.
Bezoar stones, goats with them brought from Carnatic, 240.
Bhadar, name of Aḥmadābād citadel, 423.
Bhagwān Dās, Rāja, son of
Bihārī Mal, uncle (and adoptive father) of Mān Singh,
16, 29;
in battle in Gujarat, 42.
Bhakra, village in Ghakhar country, 96.
Bhanwar, net, 99.
Bhāo Singh, son of Mān Singh, promoted
24, 140, 372;
made Mīrzā Rāja, 266;
goes home, 268;
offering of, 282;
goes to Amber, 297;
given a turban, 329.
Bhārat, grandson of Rām Chand Bandīlah, made Raja, 231.
Bharjū, Raja of Baglāna, 221, 396, 411.
Bhīm Narāyan, of Gadeha, 411.
Bhoj, Rāja, 406.
Bhoj, son of Bikramājīt Bhadauriyā, 389.
Bhūgyāl tribe, 97.
Bīd mūllā (willow-tree), 7.
Bīgara, meaning of title, 429.
Bihār Bānū Begam, daughter of Jahāngīr, 19.
Bihārī Chand Qānūngū, to send
infantry to Parwīz, 159;
promoted, 160.
Bihārī Mal, Rāja, first Rājpūt to serve Akbar, 16.
Bihaṭ River, source of, 92–3.
Bihis͟htābād, that is, Sikandra, 249.
Bijay Rām, riot by, 29.
Bīka Begam, (step) great-grandmother of Jahāngīr, wife of Bābar, her garden at Kabul, 106 and n. 1.
Bikramājīt, Rāja, title of Patr Dās,
22;
sent to Gujarat, 50. See Patr
Dās.
Bikramājīt, Sundar Dās, Rāja, 325, 402.
Bikramājīt, of Ujjain, founder of observatories, 22, 354.
Bikramājīt, zamindar of Bāndhū, 176.
Bīr Singh Deo, of Bandela, promoted, 24, 204. 231, 281;
kills Abū-l-faẓl, 25;
reports from, 111;
brings white cheeta, 139;
present to, 147.
Bird, strange, from Zīrbād (Sumatra, etc.), 272.
Birthday, Jahāngīr’s, 9 and n. 1.
Bis͟hūtan, grandson of Abū-l-faẓl, 167.
Blackstone throne, account of, 177.
Blochmann quoted, 6 notes, and passim.
Bokul, a tree, 6 note.
Brahmans, duties of, 244, 357.
Bug͟hra, cooking entertainment, 107 and note.
Buland-ak͟htar, son of K͟husrau, 153.
C
Caldron, large, for Ajmir shrine, 256.
Cambay, account of, 415–17.
Carrier-pigeons, 387.
Carving, curious, 200.
Chain of Justice, 7.
Chaks, dynasty, in Kashmir, 95.
Chambelī (white jessamine), 6.
Champa (sweet-scented flower), 5.
Chanār-tree (plane), 7.
Chandar Sen, zamindar, 428, 434.
Chandwālah, minaret erected at, 83;
the Chandāla or Jandiāla of, 91, 130.
Chaprāmau in Qanauj, mangoes of, 377.
Chāran, Hindī poet, 141.
Chardin, J., traveller, quoted, 230 note.
Charities, 128.
Chaudharīs rewarded, 69.
Chaukandī, on Jumna, made by Humāyūn, 137.
Chelebī, Muḥammad Ḥusain, sent to make purchases in Persia, 237–8.
Chhatrī or Khatrī, Hindu caste, 244.
Chīmnī (?) Begam, daughter of S͟hāh Jahān, dies at Ajmir, 326 (perhaps the name is Chamanī).
Chīn Qilīj, promoted, 111, 261;
made a K͟hān, 199,
231;
sent to administer Surat, 233,
261;
waits on Jahāngīr, 260;
misconduct and death, 301.
Chingīz K͟hān, customs of, 23, 68, 76.
Chitor, Akbar killed Jitmal at, 45, 250;
taken, 251.
Chronograms, 11, 12 and note, 38, 104, 108, 109, 270.
Coinage, gold and silver, 10–12, 197;
new coinage at Cambay, 417–18.
Column, iron, at Dhār, 407.
Customs, abolition of, 47, 107–8, 417.
Cypress, 6.
D
Dahr, village, 76.
Dahrah, garden near Agra, 182, 232, 234, 252.
Dalāzāk, Afghan tribe, 100, 127.
Dall, lake in Kashmir, 93.
Dancing, religious, 173.
Dāniyāl, Sult̤ān, son of Akbar,
birth, 34;
account of, 35–6;
his elephants, 46;
children, 75;
employs Daulat K͟hān, 89;
gets horse from Akbar, 142;
Jahāngīr directs that he be styled S͟hāhzāda
marhūm, 197.
Dārā S͟hukūh, birth of, 282.
Dārāb, son of ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm
the K͟hānk͟hānān, dress given to, 21;
promoted and receives Ghazipur in fief, 180;
receives dagger, 303;
his bravery, 313;
receives an elephant, 418.
Darfūl, country, 158 and n. 3, 162
and n. 1;
properly Dīzfūl, the Desful of the maps, in Khuzistān,
Persia.
See Addenda.
Dāʾūd Karānī, Afghan ruler of Bengal, 207.
Daulat K͟hān, ancestor of K͟hān Jahān Lodī, 87.
Daulat K͟hān, father of K͟hān Jahān Lodī, serves ʿAbdu-r-Raḥīm, 88.
Daulat K͟hān brings blackstone throne from
Allahabad, 177;
faujdār of Allahabad and Jaunpur, 217.
Daulat-S͟hād, mother of S͟hakaru-n-nisā and Ārām Bānū, 36.
Dayānat K͟hān, title of Qāsim
ʿAlī, 123;
promoted, 260, 265;
insults Iʿtimādu-d-daulah and is punished (text wrongly calls
Dayānat S̤ābit), 278–9;
released, 303, 306, 318;
sent to Gujarat, 331;
rank restored, 333;
brings ʿAbdu-llah, 335.
Deonak, a kind of monkey, 143.
Dhār, account of, 407;
inscription at, 408.
Dhīrdhar, Rāja, 58.
Dhurpad, or durpat, Hindī verse or song, 271 and n. 1.
Diamond, called Chamkoṛa, 400;
nine diamonds sent from Bihar, 379.
Diamond mines, 315.
Dīk͟htān, village in Malwa, 406.
Dil-āmīz Garden, near Lahore, 90;
Jahāngīr meets his mother there, 131.
Dilāwar, title of Ibrāhīm K͟hān
Kākar, 29, 30;
promoted, 49, 77, 286,
298;
opposed K͟hugrau, 59, 62;
given Jaunpūr, 105;
sends ruby, 248.
Dilāwar K͟hān, son of Daulat K͟hān and servant of Bābar, put to death by S͟hīr S͟hāh, 88.
Dilāwar K͟hān, or ʿAmīd S͟hāh G͟horī, founder of Malwa dynasty, 407–8.
Divine Faith, Akbar’s, account of, 60 and n. 2, 61.
Downton, Captain, 274 note.
Drinking, Jahāngīr’s rules for, 8;
resolves not to drink on Friday eves, 20.
Dulīp, son of Rāy Rāy Singh, rebels,
76;
defeated, 84;
pardoned, 148;
given dress of honour, 217;
made Raja, 218;
sent to support Mīrzā Rustam, 229;
put to death, 259.
Durgā, Rāy, death and account of, 134 and Addenda.
Durjan Sāl, zamindar of Khokharā, 315.
Dūst Muḥammad, see K͟hwāja Jahān.
Dust storm, 247.
E
Ear-boring, 267–8.
Eclipse, of moon, 160;
of sun, 183, 281.
See also Addenda.
Elephants, rock near Jalālābād carved
into shape of elephant, 103;
prices of elephants, 140;
death of two elephants from bite of a mad dog, 243;
birth of an elephant, 265;
elephant hunting, 401.
English, victory of, 274.
Erskine, W., quoted, 5 n. 1;
6 notes 2 and 4, etc.
Eunuchs, custom of making in Sylhet, abolished by
Jahāngīr, 150–1,
168;
but see Islām’s presents, 247, unless indeed they were sent under orders mentioned
in 151.
F
Farāh, governor of, designs attack on Qandahar, 85.
Farḥat K͟hān, strikes Muḥammad Ḥusain, 44.
Farīd Buk͟hārī, S͟haik͟h,
confirmed in post of Mīr Bak͟hs͟hī, 13;
raised to rank of 5,000, 20;
assists in quelling Rajput riot, 30;
sent in pursuit of K͟husrau, 53, 57;
victory over K͟husrau, 64;
given Bhairawal and title of Murtaẓā K͟hān,
69;
receives charge of Arjun Gūrū’s children and houses,
72;
firman issued to, 128;
sends ruby ring, 132;
made terrace on Jumna, 137;
removed from Gujarat on account of servant’s oppression, 153;
appointed to the Panjab, 178;
presents New Year’s gifts, 192;
settled that he should be governor of Panjab, 198;
offerings of, 236, 282, 318;
promoted to 6,000 with 5,000 horse, 239;
sent to Kāngra, 283;
suspects Sūraj Singh, 311;
death and character of, 324.
Farīdābād, 57.
Farīdūn, son of Muḥammad Qulī
Barlās, promoted, 32, 143, 158, 231;
gets fief in Allahabad, 117;
given standard, 167;
sent to Deccan, 184;
dies at Udaipur, 268.
Farmulī, Afghan tribe, barricade Kabul streets, 197.
Farruk͟h Beg, painter, gets present, 159.
Fatḥ Gaj, elephant, 256.
Fatḥpūr, so called after conquest of Gujarat, 2.
Fatḥu-llah, son of Ḥakīm Abū-l-fatḥ, involved in K͟husrau’s plot and imprisoned, 123.
Fatḥu-llah, Ḥakīm, promoted, 71.
Fatḥu-llah, K͟hwājagī, confirmed as bak͟hs͟hī, 13.
Fāẓil, Mīr, faujdār of Qabūlah, 160.
Fāẓil K͟hān, i.e. Āg͟hā Fāẓil, 345.
Fidāʾī K͟hān, title of
Sulaimān Beg, 131;
promoted and sent to Deccan, 162;
made bak͟hs͟hī of S͟hāh
Jahān’s army, 256;
dies, 265.
Fidāʾī K͟hān, title of
Hidāyatu-llah, 383, 389;
sent against the Jamindar of Jaitpur, 390, 391.
Fig͟hānī, poet, 150 and n. 1;
quoted, 359.
Filūnīyā, explained, 308 and n. 3.
Finch, W., quoted, 99 note, 121 n. 2, 174 note, 381 note.
Firdūs-makānī, 5.
See Bābar.
Flowers, Indian, superior to all others, 5.
Frank ports, pineapples grown at, 5.
Frank saddles, 237.
Franks of Goa plunder four vessels, 255.
Fruits, 5;
Jahāngīr’s partiality for mangoes, 5, 116;
description of fruits, 116,
270, 350, 397, 422, 435, 439.