Jawhar Āftābchī

Memoirist

Jawhar spent most of his life as an attendant to Mughal ruler Humāyūn (r. 937/1530 to 963/1556) first as an āftābčī (ewerbearer) and later in other capacities, notably as a tax-collector and regional treasurer. Additionally, Jawhar “was entrusted with special State assignments on critical occasions and his counsels were given due weight”.

Jawhar’s fame rests on his work Taẕkiraħ al-vāqiʿāt, also referred to as Tārīḫ-i Humāyūn, Javāhir-i Šāhī, or Humāyūn- Šāhī.