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Karara which had been mainly laid out in accordance with 
his taste and instructions are frequently enlarged upon by the 
Mughal prmteyee® (-Amal- -i-Salih, 395 ; Badishahnama, I, i, 
331-2; I, ii, 134, 206; ‘ Khaft Khan,’ I, 520, 538 
It is ae perhaps generally known that Bahadur Shah, 
Shah ‘Alam, I, had first seen the light of day at Burhanpir, 
(Badishahnama, Il, 343; Beale, Miftahu-t-Tawaritkh, 297 
Irvine, Manucci, ‘ Storia do Mogor, IV. 245n.), and he may be 
not unreasonably map poses to have entertained some partiality 
for the town on that account. However that might be, . is 
certain that he encamped these after defeating Kam Ba 
afi an informs us that the imperial tents ens 
pite ched in the environs of the Daru-s-Surir-i-Burhanpar in 
Rajab [1121 A.H.], and that the Emperor had hopes of spend- 
ing some time in pleasure and enjoyment, and hunting and 
roaming about in the pleaggances and waterfalls of the delightful 
abode of Karara, before devoting himself to the civil adminis- 
tration. But the Rajput troubles compelled him to leave 
his luxurious quarters in on beginning of Sha‘aban [1121 
A.H.]. Bibl. Ind. Text, II, 650.! 
sepl2y ygriyto occurs twice in the Maasir-i-‘ Alamgtrt and 
more than a dozen times in Khafi Khan. The historian Badaoni 
speaks of the ys!Aay yyyiyts and also of yy3555 yp iyts. The last 
collocation is found in the ‘ T'abaqat- -Akbart ° as well as in the 
Badishahnama of ‘Abdul Hamid Lahori 
During the days in which the Mughal Empire was no 
more than a name, this honorific =e appears on the silver 
years (1205 and 1215 AH.). In his note on the min 
H. N. Wright says that the district of which edna was 
the principal town “ had been acquired by Najib Khan Rohilla 
and remained in his family for two generations ” (I1.M.C. TIT, 
1 «Burhanpur is now one of the largest and best-built ag in the 
can. .The Moghal remains are, the Lal Killa, or red fort, built by 
Akbar. Though much ruined, it has halls embellished ak white 
marble, areas sone pees grounds, and other relics of imperial magnifi- 
cence. Other Moghal remains are the Ahu Khana or ogy park on the 
south of the Ta apti poe many small tombs and m ..-The Lal 
Bag, two miles north of the town, one of the old oialinks pleasure- 
places, is kept in good order and used as a ublic garden. ....Un Sod the 
Moghals, Burhanpur was plentifully supplied with water A a system of 
very skilful works. Eight sets of water-works can still be traced in dh 
neighbourhood.” ‘ Bombay Gazetteer,’ Vol. XII (Khandesh), 589-591. 
