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1.	Author's praise and prayer to God	1
2.	March of the sacred army of the Shāhinshāh from Aḥmadābād to the Port of Cambay, and his beholding the Sea	13
3.	Rapid march of H.M. the Shāhinshāh against Ibrāhīm Ḥusain M., the battle and the defeat of the enemy	17
4.	H.M. forms the design of taking the Fort of Surat	24
5.	Battle of Khān A'azam M. 'Azīz Kokaltāsh with Muḥammad Ḥusain M. and the Fūlādīāns, and their defeat	32
6.	The opening of the Fort of Surat by the key of the lofty genius of the Shāhinshāh	39
7.	Beginning of the 18th Divine year from the accession, viz., the year Shahriyūr of the second cycle	45
8.	Return of the Shāhinshāh's Cortège to Agra after the conquest of Gujarāt	48
9.	Arrival of H.M. at the Capital	55
10.	The expedition of the Shāhinshāh for the second time to Gujarāt, and his return with victory	59
11.	The arrival of the Shāhinshāh at Aḥmadābād, the uplifting of the banners of conquest, and the victory over Muḥammad Ḥusain M.	72
12.	Return of the World-conquering standards to the Capital	90
13.	Second expedition of H.M.'s army to Bengal and Bihār, and the punishment of the evil and seditious	96
14.	The sending of Prince Sulṭān Selīm to school	105
15.	H.M.'s visit to Ajmere	110
16.	Beginning of the 19th year from the accession, viz., the year Mihr of the second cycle	112
17.	Expedition of the Shāhinshāh by Water to the Eastern Provinces	122
18.	The arrival of the holy Cortège of the Shāhinshāh at environs of Patna, and his addressing himself to the taking of the city	135
19.	The capture of the fort of Patna, the flight of Dāūd, and H.M.'s flying march	140
20.	Departure of the Shāhinshāh's Cortège for the Capital, and arrival on the way of the news of the victory of Bengal	150
21.	The arrival of H.M. at the Capital (and building of a House of Worship)	157
22.	Introduction of the law about branding, and the guiding of men to truth and fidelity	165
23.	Mun'im Khān Khān-Khānān's wars in Bengal, the defeat of Dāūd, and other events	169
24.	Beginning of the 20th Divine year from the accession of the Shāhinshāh, to wit, the year Ābān of the second cycle	181
25.	Dāūd's coming to see Mun'im Khān Khān-Khānān, and the adorning of the feast of concord	183
26.	Affairs of the province of Bihār, increasing performances of Moaffar Khān, and his return to favour	187
27.	Visit to the Ḥijāz by some of the vieled ladies of the Caliphate	205
28.	M. Sulaimān's proceeding towards the Shāhinshāh's Court	211
29.	The entrusting of the Government of Bengal to Khān Jahān	226
30.	The Royal Cortège proceeds to Ajmere	232
31.	Beginning of the 21st Divine year from the holy accession of the Shāhinshāh, viz., the year Āar of the second cycle	235
32.	The brightening of the lamp of the Shāhinshāh's fortune, and the sinking of the Rānā into the darkness of flight	244
33.	Expedition of the Shāhinshāh to Bengal and his returning from the first stage	248
34.	Expedition to Ajmere, etc.	259
35.	Beginning of the 22nd Divine year, viz. the year Dai of the second cycle	283
	The appointment of Sa'īd Khān to be tutor to Sulṭān Daniel, and his thanksgiving	288
36.	The glorification of the battlefield by the swords of Wazīr K. and Rajah Todar Mal, and the defeat of Moaffar Ḥusain M.	292
37.	Another visit of Akbar to Ajmere	298
38.	The stirring up of strife by Moaffar Ḥusain M. for the second time, and his failure	301
39.	Concerning the education of H.M.'s auspicious sons	308
40.	Expedition of H.M. to the Punjāb, the appearance of the comet, etc.	310
41.	The defeat of Rajah Madhukar by the daily-increasing fortune of the Shāhinshāh	324
42.	Beginning of the 23rd Divine year from the holy accession, viz., the year Bahman of the second cycle	337
43.	The enjoyment of H.M. in a Qamargha hunt, and his capture of the prey of his desires	345
44.	The rapid journey of H.M. to Ajmere, and his return to the Capital	361
45.	The increased splendour of the 'Ibādat Khāna from the brilliance of the acuteness of H.M. the Shāhinshāh	364
46.	Beginning of the 24th Divine year from the holy accession, to wit, the year Isfandārmaẕ of the second cycle	385
47.	The acceptance by all the wise men of the age of the spiritual primacy (ijtihād) of the world's Lord	390
48.	The honour done to Qubu-d-Dīn Khān by his being appointed to be Atālīq to Prince Sulṭān Selīm	401
49.	Expedition of H.M. to Ajmere	402
50.	Rebellion of the Bihār Officers, and the appointment of World-conquering armies to punish those ingrates	415
51.	The wonderful good fortune of the Shāhinshāh at the time of the rebellion of the Bengal Officers, and their punishment	426
52.	Beginning of the 25th year, to wit, the year Farwardīn of the third cycle	436
	The appointment of Sharīf K. to be guardian of Prince Sulṭān Murād, etc.	458
53.	The defeat of the rebels in the Eastern Provinces	467
54.	M'aṣūm K. Kābūlī makes a night attack, and is defeated	472
55.	The tearing of the veil of reverence by M'aṣūm K. Farankhūdī, and his soldier in dusthole of failure	483
56.	Expedition to the Punjāb, and the failure and return of Ḥakīm M. to Kabul	492
57.	Victory of the Imperial servants, and the vagabondage in the desert of failure of M'aṣūm K. Farankhūdī	496
58.	The failure of Ḥakīm M. and his hasty return to Kabul	506
59.	Beginning of the 26th Divine year from holy accession, to wit, the year Ardibihisht of the third cycle	510
60.	Arrival of the army on the bank of the Indus	516
61.	Expedition to Kabul	522
62.	Rapid march of H.M. to Kabul	529
63.	Victory of Prince Sulṭān Murād, and the disgraceful defeat of M. Ḥakīm	532
64.	Forgiveness of the offences of M. Ḥakīm, and return of the army to India	541
65.	Arrival of the Royal retinue at Fatḥpūr	548
66.	Beginning of the 27th Divine year, to wit, the year Khurdād of the third cycle	556
67.	Return of Gulbadan Begum and other chaste secluded ladies from the journey to the Ḥijāz	569
68.	Victory of Sādiq K. and death of Khabia	574
69.	Exaltation of M. Khān by being made the guardian to Prince Sulṭān Selīm	583
70.	Beginning of the 28th Divine year from the accession, to wit, the year Tīr of the third cycle	589
71.	The watering of the garden of dominion, and the uprearing of the palace of World-rule	598
72.	The sending of M. Khān to quell the disturbances in Gujarāt	607
73.	March of the Royal standards to Ilāhābād (Allahabad)	616
74.	Victory of Shāhbāz K. and the vagabondage of M'aṣūm K. Kābulī	619
75.	March of H.M. to Fatḥpūr the Capital	626
76.	Wondrous fortune of the Shāhinshāh and the defeat of Sulṭān Moaffar Gujarātī	631
77.	The disgrace of Sulṭān Moaffar a second time	638
78.	Beginning of the 29th Divine year, to wit, the year Amardād of the third cycle	644
79.	The arrival of Shāhrukh M. at the Court of the Shāhinshāh	662
80.	Marriage of Prince Sulṭān Selīm	677
81.	The disgrace of Moaffar Gujarātī for the third time	679
82.	Beginning of the 30th year from the holy accession of Shāhinshāh, viz., the year Shahriyūr of the third cycle	685
83.	Expedition to the Punjāb	702
84.	The arrival at Courts of the sons of Ḥakīm M. and of the Kabul soldiers	712
85.	The appointment of an army for the conquest of Kashmīr	715
86.	Beginning of the 31st Divine year from the accession, to wit, the year Mihr of the third cycle	738
87.	Return of H.M. towards Fatḥpūr	744
88.	The illumination of Lahore by the advent of the Shāhinshāh	748
89.	The sending of Qāsim K. to conquer Kashmīr	752
90.	Draft (sawād) of the Shāhinshāh's letter	754
91.	The conquest of the flourishing country of Kashmīr through the fortune of the Shāhinshāh	762
92.	The arrival, for the second time, of M. Sulaimān at the sublime Court	785
93.	Beginning of the 32nd year, to wit, the year Ābān of the third cycle	789
94.	The marriage of Prince Sulṭān Murād	791
95.	The despatch of an army under Maṭlab K., and the disgrace of the Jalāla Tārīkīs	794
96.	Beginning of the 33rd year from the accession, to wit, the year Āar of the third cycle	806
97.	Beginning of the 34th year from the accession, to wit, the year Dai of the third cycle	816
98.	Expedition of Akbar to the delightful country of Kashmīr	817
99.	The arrival of the standards of fortune at the Capital of Kashmīr	827
100.	Return of H.M. the Shāhinshāh from Kashmīr the paradisaical	839
101.	Expedition to Afghanistan (Zābulistān)	855
102.	Return of the august standards of the Shāhinshāh from Kabul	861
103.	Beginning of the 35th year from the accession, to wit, the year Bahman of the third cycle	871
104.	Beginning of the 36th Divine year, to wit, the year Isfandārmaẕ of the third cycle	889
105.	Victory of the K. Ā'im M. Koka and the disgrace of Moaffar Gujarātī	902
106.	Departure of Prince Sulṭān Murād to take charge of the province of Mālwa	911
107.	Beginning of the 37th Divine year from the holy accession, to wit, the year Farwardīn of the fourth cycle	927
108.	The victory of the Imperial servants, and the defeat of M. Jānī Beg by the fortune of the Shāhinshāh	929
109.	Conquest of Orissa by the daily increasing fortune of the Shāhinshāh	933
110.	M. Jānī Beg makes peace and surrenders Sīwistān	938
111.	H.M. proceeds to Kashmīr	943
112.	The conquest of Jūnagarh and Somnāth, and the victory of the Imperial servants over the country of Soreth	948
113.	The cessation of the disturbance in Kashmīr, and the bringing the head of Yādgār Kul to Court	950
114.	Return of the World-illuminating standards to India	959
115.	Capture of Sulṭān Moaffar Gujarātī and the end of his life	962
116.	Return of the august standards to Lahore the Capital	966
117.	Beginning of the 38th Divine year from the holy accession, to wit, the year Ardibïhisht of the fourth cycle	971
118.	Arrival of Rustum M. at Court	992
119.	Beginning of the 39th year, viz., the year Khurdād of the fourth cycle	998
120.	Letter of H.M. the Shāhinshāh to Persia, account of the Ottoman Dynasty	1008
121.	Beginning of the 40th year, to wit, the year Tīr of the fourth cycle	1023
122.	Arrival of the victorious troops at Qandahar, and the tranquillisation of that country	1026
123.	Moaffar Ḥusain M. glorifies his forehead by prostrating himself at the holy threshhold	1030
124.	Rajah 'Alī K., the ruler of Khāndesh, joins the victorious troops	1042
125.	The arrival of the victorious soldiers in the Deccan, and the seige of the fort of Aḥmadnagar	1045
126.	Beginning of the 41st Divine year from the holy accession, to wit, the year Amardād of the fourth cycle	1049
127.	Increase of the Shāhinshāh's dominion	1050
128.	Letter of the Shāhinshāh to 'Abdullah K. Uzbeg the King of Tūrān	1053
129.	Ṣādiq K. is victorious with the help of the Shāhinshāh's fortune	1065
130.	Victory of the Imperialists and defeat of the Deccanīs	1070
131.	Beginning of the 42nd year from the accession, to wit, the year Shahrīyūr of the fourth cycle	1074
132.	Third expedition of M.H. to Kashmīr	1077
133.	Return of the august standards to India and the arrival at Lahore	1095
134.	Beginning of the 43rd year from the accession, to wit, the year Mihr of the fourth cycle	1102
135.	Expedition for the taking of Aḥmadnagar	1114
136.	Agra, the Capital, receives glory by the coming of the Shāhinsẖāh	1119
137.	Beginning of the 44th Divine year from the accession, viz., the year Ābān of the fourth cycle	1121
138.	Death of Sulṭān Murād	1125
139.	The arrangement of the army of the Deccan by means of the wonders of daily-increasing fortune	1128
140.	The sending of Prince Sulṭān Daniel to govern the Deccan	1132
141.	Uprearing of the august standards in the direction of Mālwa	1140
142.	Expedition of H.M. for the taking of Āsīr	1146
143.	Beginning of 45th year from the accession, to wit, the year Āar of the fourth cycle	1148
144.	The capture of the fort of Aḥmadnagar through the fortune of the Shāhinshah	1157
145.	The capture of Mālīgarh by the might of daily-increasing fortune	1163
146.	The capture of Āsīr by the help of fortune	1168
147.	Beginning of the 46th year from the accession, to wit, the year Dai of the fourth cycle	1177
148.	The return of H.M. to Agra the Capital	1183
149.	The arrival of H.M. at Agra	1192
150.	Beginning of the 47th year from the accession, to wit, the year Bahman of the fourth cycle	1206
151.	Beginning of the 48th year from the holy accession, to wit, the year Isfandārmaẕ of the fourth cycle	1228
152.	Beginning of the 49th year from the accession, to wit, the year Farwardīn of the fifth cycle	1238
153.	Departure of the return of fortune for Allahabad, and the turning back at the first stage	1242
154.	The death of Miriam-Makānī, etc.	1245
155.	Beginning of the 50th Divine year from the accession, to wit, the year Ardībihisht of the fifth cycle	1252
156.	Death of Prince Daniel	1254
157.	Events of the death of Akbar the Great	1258
Errata and addenda to Volume III of the Akbarnāma		1263
Prefatory note to the Index to Volume III of the Akbarnāma		1275
Index		(1)
Errata and addenda to pages 1 to 22 of Index to Volume III of the Akbarnāma		(67)