On that day he held a Court, and after going through all the usual ordinances, left his own palace in great pomp and state, with all show and grandeur, and embarking in a boat, went to the fort, where he disembarked, and mounting the stately litter, entered the fort scattering gold and silver. There all the nobles of rank and powerful ministers were in attendance. When he arrived, he ascended the throne of the Empire, and after adopting the title of Jahángír, began to win the hearts of all the people, and to re-arrange the withered world. He honoured many of the greatest nobles and powerful ministers and brave youths with honourable titles and acceptable dignities; for the consolation of the hearts of his people, he suspended the chain of justice with golden bells, and removed the rust of oppression from the hearts of his people. ^{* * *}

Some days after his ascension, intelligence arrived that Muhábat Khán and Sharíf Khán, who were of the highest rank in the Empire, had come to offer their congratulations. Muhábat Khán was made commander-in-chief, and Sharíf Khán was honoured with the title of Amíru-l 'Umará. Day by day the Empire of that just and liberal sovereign increased in splendour and efficiency. In the first few days he repealed and gave up all transit duties and fees, the poll-tax on Hindus and tax on orphans' property, and remitted them throughout the whole of the hereditary dominions. He also remitted and re­moved, root and branch, the whole of the duties and imposts levied on the produce of the sea or of mines, so that through­out the whole of Hindústán, and wherever the jurisdiction of the Emperor extended, no one could so much as name them.