120 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (March, 1912. 
CONCLUSION, 
The Emperor Shah Jahan was at Dar’ u-l- Khelafat-i- Akbara- 
bad (Agra), as isevident from the Padshahnamah, from the 19th 
Muharram 1054 H., equivalent to 28th March 1644 a.p., to 26th 
Di’l-Q‘ada or 24th January 1645. The fire-incident occurred 
on the night of the 27th Muharram (night between 27th and 
28th) or 5th April 1644. The Imperial Princess was cured after 
nine months, and the ceremony of ghusl-i-shifa {bath of re- 
y another quack, a mendicant from Hisar, named 
Hamun. This indisputable testimony of the Court chronicler 
clearly shows that not only did His Majesty seek the prayer of 
the pious but also the medical skill and surgical experience of 
those that were at or near Agra. It is also stated that between 
the 5th and 9th months many persons, includin Europeans and 
Hindus, tried their surgical skill for the treatment of the sores. 
_ but all unsuccessfully. Was Boughton one of them ? Mr. Foster 
(p. 255, I.A.) writes that ‘‘it has been pointed out by Yule and 
others that the fire accident occurred early in 1644—nearly a 
accompanied the Emperor on his intended journey to Ajmér. 
But nowhere do I 
ghton, who (it is said) not 
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extraordinary commercial concessions 
could believe. The conclusion that one can arrive at is that 
