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that had seen him at the Emperor’s Court, while he was per- 
forming cure upon the Emperor’s daughter. At this great 
rated therein. In his ‘*‘ Padshahnama’’ (Vol. II, Bibliotheca 
Indica edition, pp. 363-66, 393-400 and 407ff) ‘Abdu’l-Hamid 
Lahori gives a detailed account of the incident. The transla- 
tion of the following abstract is given to assist writers to deter- 
mine the accuracy of the Boughton legend. 
On the night of the 27th Muharram 1054 H., in the 17th 
year of the reign of the Emperor Shah Jahan, as Princess 
loved: daughter of the Emperor, was going to her sleeping 
apartment after she had made obeisance to her father, the edge 
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called ‘itr-i-Jahangirt, the fire at once spread up to all her ap- 
parel. Four of Her Highness’s attendants, who were present, 
rendered what help they could in extinguishing the fire. But 
in so doing their own clothes too caught fire; consequently 
they could do very little. By the time other servants were in- 
formed and water procured, Her Highness’s back, both sides of 
her body and hands were dreadfully burnt and lacerated. Owing 
to this calamity His Majesty the Emperor did not come out on 
the following day. On the next day the Emperor went to the 
_ private and public halls but did not stay more than a ghart. 
corporal (jismani). Of the former, His Majesty sought the 
prayers of the faithful and the holy, and of those who had re- 
tired from the world. From the first to the fifth day of this 
dire calamity, again on the 22nd Safar, which was Her Im- 
perial Highness’s birthday, and also till her complete recovery, 
money was distributed to the poor, the needy and the distressed, 
and given seven lakhs of rupees. 
Over and above these instances of Imperial clemency and 
favour, the Madad-i-M‘ash tenures were restored to their legiti- 
mate owners throughout the Indian Empire. Some time ago 
