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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)

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An imperial memoir that records a sequence of yearly entries detailing court ceremonies, appointments, gifts, diplomatic and military movements, and administrative orders; it interweaves precise observations of nature and material culture, notes on coinage and a celestial apparition, an account of a plague, a rich description of Kashmir, and anecdotes such as a tale about a gardener’s daughter and remarks on painters and paintings, offering a blend of official chronicle and personal reflection on governance, artistic patronage, and everyday court life.

C

Camel’s milk, 46

Chamba, Rāja of, 223

Chāmpānīr, former cap. Gujarāt, 33

Chānḍā Ghāt, a Pass, 57

Chārdara village, 154

Chaukī Hattī, 181

Cheetahs, Abkar did not use on Fridays, 116;
effect on antelopes, 109–110

Cherries, 145 and note, 159, 162

Chītal, name of snake, 275

Coinage Zodiacal 6, 7

Comet (?), 48

Conspiracy, 249

Cuttack, 298

D

Dagger with fish-tooth hilt, 94, 96, 98, 99

Dal Lake, 139, 150, 168

Dārāb, s. K͟hān-k͟hānān, 40;
gets a dress, 49, 88;
defeats rebels, 156, 176;
a rebel, 254

Dārd (?), hills of, 127

Darkhar, 88\. See Dofar.

Dasahrā festival celebrated, 38, 100, 101, 176

Dastam K., reference to, 59

Dāʾūd, craftsman, 204

Dāwar Bak͟hs͟h, s. K͟husrau, appointed to Gujarāt, 260, 261;
dress of honour sent to, 297

Dayānat K. pardoned, 250

Deccan, troubles in, 188

Decoy-antelope, 43

Dhantūr and Damtūr, 121, 124

Diamond mines, 21, 22, 37

Diamonds, remarkable one, 8, 9;
violet one, 38

Dilāwar K. Kākar arrives from Deccan, 4;
gov. Kashmīr, 6;
promises to take Tibet and Kis͟htwār, 6;
reports conquest of Kis͟htwār, 122, 135–140;
promoted, 153;
death of, 167, 170

Dilīr K., real name Ābdu-l-Wahhāb, 73, 162, 262, 269

Dofar or Dhafur, port in Arabia, 88 and note

Doḥad pargana, 4;
Aurangzīb’s birth at, 47

Durgā, also called Bhawan, an idol, account of, 224–225

E

Eighteenth year, 253

Elephant hunts, 4, 5

Elephants: caught, 12;
heights of, 18, 24;
bridge tested by, 41;
Akbar’s story of elephant ride, 41;
New Year’s Day elephants, 79

Eunuchs sent from Bengal, 195 201

European artist, 80, 82

F

Faqirs, gifts to, 84

Falcons, white, 10, 11, 107

Farīd Buk͟hārī, 29, 55

Farīd S͟haik͟h, s. Qut̤bu-d-dīn, 153

Fatḥpūr Lake, size of (no longer exists), 6

Fatḥpūr Palace, etc., 68, 71

Faujdār cess abolished, 232

Fāẓil K., director of buildings, 90

Feathers from Kashmīr, 178

Fidāʾī K. gives horses, promoted, 94, 165, 284, 287

Fifteenth year, 130

Firdūsī, his S͟hāhnāma quoted, 36;
satire quoted, 252

Firinghi, artist, named Hunarmand, 80, 82

Fīrūz K., eunuch, 83

Fish, J.’s partiality for, 292

Fishing in Kashmīr, 175

Flowers, 122, 124, 134, 144, 145, 163, 173, 174

Fourteenth year, 78

Fruits of Kashmīr, 145, 159

G

Gajpat K., elephant-darogha, 12, 24

Gaj Singh, s. Sūraj Singh, 100 and note;
Parwīz marries his sister, 295

Gardābād, J.’s name for Aḥmadābād, 13 G͟haṛī, length of, 67 and note

Ghāṭī Chānḍā, 57

G͟haus̤ Muḥ., his anniversary, 26

Girdhar, Raja, promoted, 44, 252;
killed, 282, 283

Girjhāk, hunting at, 181, 182, 229

Goats: Barbary, 88;
Mārk͟hūr, 88

Gul-afs͟hān garden, 95

Gūnts, Kashmīr ponies, 148, 149

H

Hādī, elder brother Hārūnu-r-Ras͟hīd, 291

Hādī, M. Muḥ., Addendum by, 299

Ḥaidar Malik, historian, 154 and note;
sent to make canal at Srinagar, 238

Ḥaidar Mīrzā, benefits conferred by him on Kashmīr, 148

Ḥakīm ʿAlī, physician, 157

Ḥakīm Beg, Nūr-Jahān’s brother-in-law (his wife was K͟hadīja Begam), made a K͟hān, 5;
ill-treats Jadrūp, 104 and note

Ḥakīm K͟hūs͟h-ḥāl, s. Ḥakīm Humām, 37

Ḥakīm Ruknā, misconduct of, 211

Ḥakīm Ṣadrā, 217

Halthal-tree, 154

Handū sheep, 147

Hardwār, J. visits, 218

Harī Parbat, 150

Ḥasan Abdāl, account of, 123, 231

Ḥasan ʿAlī Turkmān made gov. Orissa, 162

Ḥasan M., s. M. Rustam, promoted, 122, 274

Ḥasan Sayyid, ambassador of ʿAbbās, 94, 102

Hawking, 50, 53, 54, 60, 112, 125

Hilāl, eunuch, 103

Himmat K. arrives, 8;
story about Sāras, 17;
appointed Broach, 26;
promoted, 164;
a rebel, 265;
killed in battle, 266

Hindāl M. puts Bahlūl S. to death, 63

Hindaun, 61;
inscription at, 63

Hizbar K. promoted, 10;
faujdār Mewāt, 54;
receives dress of honour, 196

Humāyūn MS., 82

Hunarmand, title of European artist (? Austin of Bordeaux), 80, 82

Hunting, 197, 229

Hurmuz and Hūs͟hang, grandsons M. M. Ḥakīm, 203

Ḥusain M., s. Rustam Ṣafawī, 162

Ḥusāma-d-dīn, s. Mīr Jamālu-d-dīn Ḥusain and husband of Nūr-Jahān’s cousin, conveys dress of honour and Rs. 30,000 to Zambil Beg, 178, 277;
surrenders Āsīr to S͟hāh-Jahān, 278;
imprisoned by Mahābat, 295

I

Ibex (rang), 114;
jump of, 206

Ibn Yamīn, death of, 180

Ibrāhīm, K͟hwāja and Bak͟hs͟hī of the Deccan, promoted, 40;
gets title of ʿAqīdat K., which see 63

Ibrāhīm K. Fatḥ jang, gov. Bengal, 90;
sends diamond, 167;
sends thirty-four elephants, 261, 298, 299

Ikrām K., s. Islām. K., also called Hūs͟hang, 27;
faujdār Fatḥpūr, 62;
praised, 73;
promoted, 80;
faujdār Mewāt, 102, 103

Imām-Qulī of Tūrān, his mother writes to Nūr-Jahān, 205

Imām-Wirdī, huntsman, tests J.’s skill, 292

ʿInāyat K. Bak͟hs͟hī of Aḥadīs, 4;
given to drink and opium, dies, 43, 44

Inch, Fountain of, 172

Irādat K. Mīr Sāmān promoted, 15, 82, 123;
given fief, 152;
made gov. Kashmīr, 175;
victory in Kis͟htwār, 209–210;
does homage, 232, 235, 284

ʿIsā Tark͟hān, 245, 258

Islām K., gov. Bengal, 27;
plot against, 37;
tomb at Fatḥpūr, 73;
death, 103

Iʿtibār K. receives present, 94;
promoted and made gov. Agra, 231;
does homage, 257;
receives title of Mumtāz K., 258

Iʿtimādu-d-daulah Madāru-l-Mulk, father of Nūr-Jahān, gov. Panjāb, 2;
presents sapphire, 23;
splendid entertainment by, 80;
reviews 5,000 horse, 117;
patron of T̤ālib Āmulī, 117;
death of his wife, 216;
his own illness and death, 222

Iʿtiqād K. promoted, 2;
given standard, 7;
gov. Kashmīr, 215;
promoted, 269

Iʿzzat K. (perhaps his name should be G͟hairat) promoted, 40;
gets presents, 82, 83;
killed by Afghans, 160–162

ʿIzzat K., ruler Ūrganj, 165

J

Jadrūp Gosain, J.’s interviews with at Ujjain, 49, 52;
at Mathurā, 104, 105, 108

Jagat Singh, s. Raja Bāso, made Raja of Kāngṛa, 75 and note, 154;
rebels, 287;
pardoned at instance of Nūr-Jahān, 289

Jagat Singh, s. Rānā Karan, 191;
joins J., 261;
receives a string of pearls, 270

Jahanda village, 28

Jahāngīr, Emperor, eldest s. Akbar, celebrates thirteenth year of reign at Doḥad in Gujarat, 1;
fifty first lunar birthday, 1;
makes gifts and appointments, 1–4;
goes elephant-hunting, 4–5;
proceeds Aḥmadābād, 6;
Zodiacal coinage, 6–7;
entertainment on bank Māhī, 7;
fishes and distributes charity, 8;
sends inscribed diamond to S. ʿAbbās, 8–9;
enters Aḥmadābād, 9;
sickness in camp, 10;
appointments, 10–12;
abuses Aḥmadābād and gives it nicknames, 13;
in spite of illness attends in jharoka, 14;
impromptu couplet, 15;
pairing of Sāras, 16–18;
describes some elephants, 18;
frontispiece Jahāngīr-nāma, 20;
violent rain, 21;
about diamonds, 21–22;
refers again to Sāras, 23, 25, 32, 39, 42;
elephant-catch, 24;
leaves for Agra, 25;
copies of Vol. I. Jahāngīr-nāma, 26;
orders executions postponed till sunset, 28;
an impromptu, 30, 31;
recites verse at meeting of S͟haik͟hs, 32;
bids a Sayyid translate Qorān, 34–35;
resolves to give up shooting at end of fiftieth year, 36;
sends portrait and quatrain Bījāpūr, 37;
copies Jahāngīr-nāma given Iʿtimāda-d-daula and Āṣaf K., 37;
hunting, 39;
anecdote of Akbar, 41;
ʿInāyat’s death, 43;
illness of Prince Shujāʾ, 45;
anecdote of Akbar, 45–46;
Aurangzīb born at Doḥad, 47;
three days’ halt, 47;
comet (?), 48;
interviews Jadrūp, S͟hāh-Jahān presents his child (Aurangzīb) and fifty elephants, 50;
story of gardener’s daughter, 50–52;
interviews Jadrūp, 52–53;
inspects hawks, 54;
crosses Ghāṭī Chānḍā, 57;
duck-shooting, 58;
gives his pūstīn to K͟hān K͟hānān, 58;
visits Rantambūr, 58;
describes Akbar’s siege of it, 58–59;
releases many prisoners and gives them gratuities, 59;
enjoys hawking, 60;
Hindaun quatrain (Umar K͟hayyām’s) at, 62;
visits Bayānā, 63;
his mother’s well and garden, 64;
arrives Fatḥpūr, 64;
plague at Agra, 65–67;
has S. Jahān weighed, 68;
J.’s mother arrives, 68;
Salīm Chis͟htī’s tomb, 70;
hunting, 70;
Fatḥpūr mosque, 71;
Amānābād, 73;
Nūr Jahān’s necklace, 74;
Nūr Manzil Garden, 76;
fourteenth year, 78;
Amānābād, 83;
S. Jahān’s mother (Jodh Bāʾī) dies, 84;
enters Agra, 84;
death of S͟hāh Nawāz, 87;
honours K͟hān-k͟hānān’s other sons, 88;
Mārk͟hūr goats, 88–89;
account of S͟haik͟h Aḥmad, 91;
Sultan Parwīz arrives, 93;
fine specimen of fish teeth (? walrus tooth), 94;
arranges visit to Kashmīr, 97;
plants avenues, 100;
visits Akbar’s tomb, 101;
Brindāban, 103;
visits Jadrūp at Mathurā, 104–06, 108;
gets Nūr-Jahān to shoot tiger, 105;
releases K͟husrau, 107;
orders painting of a falcon, 108;
visits Delhi and Humāyūn’s tomb with children and ladies, 109;
hunts at Pālam, 109;
visits old female servant, 110;
Kairāna Garden, 112;
hawking, 112;
Sirhind Garden, 113;
S͟hāh-Jahān’s son, 112, 113;
Kalānaur, 114;
Tīmūr’s portrait, 116;
verses, 118;
visit of a Lahore saint (Miyān S.) (This was the teacher of Mullah S͟hāh, known as Mīyān Mīr, after whom Meean Mīr was named), 119;
ring-hunt made, 120;
on way to Kashmīr, 123, etc.;
fifteenth year, 130;
account of Kashmīr and Kis͟htwār, 130–151;
S͟hujā’s accident, 151;
death of J.’s wife, Pāds͟hāh Bānū Begam (also known as Ṣāliḥa Bānū), 159;
defeat at Bangāsh, 160;
S. Aḥmad pardoned, 161;
picture gallery, 162;
appointments made, 162, 164, 165;
gets parti-coloured fish-tooth from Transoxiana, 166;
list of birds and beasts not found in Kashmīr, 168, 170;
visits Vīrnāg, the source of Jhelam, 170;
visits Inch, 172;
visits Achval, 173;
suffers from shortness of breath, 176;
visits Lār Valley, 176;
returns India, 177;
arrives Lahore, 183;
Delhi, 194;
Humāyūn’s tomb, 196;
hunting, 197;
Agra, 197;
punishes murderer, reflections thereon, 211;
tragical fate of blacksmith, 211;
illness, 212;
bad conduct of physicians, 213;
Nūr-Jahān prescribes for him, 214;
Parwīz arrives, 215;
death of Nūr-Jahān’s mother, 216;
leaves Agra, 217;
Hardwār, 218;
Sirhind, 220;
Kāngṛa, 222;
death of Nūr-Jahān’s father, 222;
inspects Kāngṛa fort, 223;
has bullocks slaughtered on top, 223;
describes jungle-fowl, 226;
experiments on a Sannyāsī, 227;
entrusts Nūr-Jahān with her father’s power, 228;
hunting, 229;
in Kashmīr, 232;
abolishes faujdāri cess, 232;
leaves Kashmīr, 237;
correspondence with S͟hāh-Abbās about Qandahar, 240–45;
gives up journal, 246;
bad news about S͟hāh-Jahān’s disloyalty, 246–48;
styles him henceforth Bīdaulat (wretch), 248;
a conspiracy detected and punished, 249;
near Delhi, 252;
eighteenth year, 253;
sends his quiver to ʿAbdullah Fīrūz Jang, who suddenly joins the rebels, 255;
death of Sundar (Bikramājīt), 256;
victory over Bīdaulat (S͟hāh-Jahān) and Laʿnatu-llah (ʿAbdu-llah), 256;
rewards to faithful servants, 256;
Manṣūr Farangī and brother join J., 258;
Badīʿu-z-Zamān murdered by his brothers, 259;
Parwīz starts with large force to pursue Bīdaulat, 260;
death of J’.s mother, 261;
Ṣafī K.’s victory over Laʿnatu-llah, 261–67;
J. kills four tigers, 269;
death of Manṣūr Farangī, 271;
flight of Bīdaulat, 273;
birth of S͟hahriyār’s daughter, 276;
Bīdaulat at Āsīr, 278;
J. sets out for Kashmīr, 282;
a remarkably fine tiger, 284;
ʿAbdu-llah, s. Ḥakīm Nūru-d-dīn, executed for disrespectful language, 286;
J. arrives Delhi, 287;
Bīdaulat takes refuge in Qut̤bu-l-Mulk’s territory, and proceeds towards Orissa and Bengal, 289;
nineteenth year, 294;
orders that the blind and mutilated should be kept away from his presence, 294;
Parwīz ordered to proceed towards Allahabad and Bihār, 296;
Bīdaulat at Rājmaḥal, 299

Jahāngīrābād, hunting lodge, 182

Jahāngīr Qulī, s. ʿAzīzkoka, removed from Bihār, 38;
pays his respects, 113;
receives dress of honour, 117

Jalāl, s. Dilāwar, 135, 136, 137 171

Jalāl Gakhar, father of Akbar Qulī, killed in battle with Afghans, 160, 161

Jalāl Sayyid, descend. S͟hāh Alam Buk͟hārī, given elephant, 98

Jalāl Tārīkī, 85

Jām, the, 2, 19

Jamāl, eldest s. Dilāwar, 135, 136

Jamāl Balūch, Abkar’s huntsman, 27

Jamāla-d-dīn Ḥusain Injū. See ʿAẓudu-d-daula.

Jāmī, his verses, 15, 71

Jān-bahan, name of a bird, 220

Jareja tribe, 4

Jauhar Mal, rebel, 185 (? Sūraj Mal)

Jay Singh, grandson Mān Singh, 253, 257 Jharokha, J. sits in for hours at Aḥmadābād, 14

Jogrāj promoted, 253

Jones, Sir W., 36 and note

Jotik Rāy, astrologer, 152, 160, 203, 215, 235

Jūg͟hāsī tulips, 153

Jumla, Mīr, proper name Muḥ Amīn, arrives from Persia, 3 and note;
promoted, 15;
made Examiner of Petitions, 37;
promoted, 154;
made K͟hānsāmān, 175;
promoted, 276

Jungle fowl, 226

Jwālā Mukhī, 224