On the 15th the offering of the Khankhanan was presented to me: 40 elephants, some jewelled and decorated vessels, some Persian robes, and cloth that they make in the Deccan and those parts, had been sent by him, altogether of the value of 150,000 rupees. Mīrzā Rustam and most of the office-holders of that Subah had also sent good offerings. Some of the elephants were approved. News of the death of Rāy Durgā,* who was one of those who had been brought up by my revered father, arrived on the 18th of the month. He had been in attendance for forty years and more in the position of an Amir on my revered father, until, by degrees, he had risen in rank to 4,000. Before he obtained the good fortune of waiting on my father, he was one of the trusted servants of Rānā Ūday Singh. He died on the 29th. He was a good military man. Sulān Shāh, the Afghan, whose disposition was turbulent and mischievous, passed his time in the service of Khusrau, and had his complete intimacy, so much so that this rebel was the cause of the running away of that unfortunate one. After the defeat and capture of Khusrau he went off alone (?)* into the skirts of the hills of Khiẓrābād and that region. At last he was made prisoner by Mīr Mughal, the karorī of that place. As he had been the cause of the destruction and ruin of such a son, I ordered them to shoot him with arrows on the plain of Lahore. The aforesaid karori was promoted to higher rank, and was dignified with a grand dress of honour. On the 29th Shīr Khān, the Afghan, who was one of my old servants, died. One might say that he took his own life, because he was continually drinking wine, to the extent that in every watch he used to drink four brimming cups of arrack of double strength. He had broken the fast of the Ramaẓān of the past year, and took it into his head this year that he would fast in the month of Sha‘bān on account of his having broken the fast of Ramaẓān, and would fast for two months together. In abandoning his usual custom, which is a second nature, he became weak and his appetite left him, and becoming very weak he passed away in his 57th year. Patronising his children and brothers according to their circumstances, I bestowed on them a portion of his rank and jagir.
On the 1st of the month of Shawwāl I went to
visit Maulānā Muḥammad Amīn, who was one of the
disciples of Shaikh Maḥmūd Kamāngar (the bow-maker).
The Shaikh Maḥmūd*
mentioned was one of the great
men of his age, and H.M. Humāyūn had entire reliance
on him, so much so that he once poured water on
his hands. The aforesaid Maulānā is a man of good
disposition, and is free, notwithstanding the attachments
and accidents (of the world), a faqir in manner and
ways, and acquainted with brokenness of spirit. His
company pleased me exceedingly. I explained to him
some of the griefs that had entangled themselves in
my mind and heard from him good advice and agreeable
words, and found myself greatly consoled at heart.
Having presented him with 1,000 bīghā and 1,000
rupees in cash by way of maintenance, I took leave.
One watch of day had passed on Sunday when I left
Lahore on my way to the capital of Agra. Having made
Qilīj Khān governor, Mīr Qawāmu-d-dīn diwan, Shaikh
Yūsuf bakhshi, and Jamālu-d-dīn kotwal, and presented
each according to his circumstances with dresses of honour,
I turned towards my desired way. On the 25th, having
passed over the river at Sultanpur, I proceeded two kos
and halted at Nakodar. My revered father had given
Shaikh Abū-l-faẓl*
gold of the weight of 20,000 rupees
to build an embankment between these two parganahs
and prepare a waterfall, and in truth I found a halting-
On this day they brought a talking jal (lark) which distinctly said “Miyān ūī.” It was very strange and wonderful. In Turki they call this bird turghai.*