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the kingdom, which Mirza Muhammad Hakim (Akbar's brother who 

 had held Kabul) had governed. The Prince unfortunately did not 

 agree. When he was subsequently made prisoner, and brought before 

 the emperor, Hasan Beg of Badakhshan, Khusrau's principal agent, 

 impudently said to Jahangir, that it was not he alone who had favoured 

 Khusrau, but that all the amirs present were implicated ; Mir Jamal- 

 uddm, the emperor's ambassador, had only the day before asked him 

 (Hasan Beg), to promise him an appointment as Panjhazari. The 

 Mir got pale and confused, when the Khan i A'zam* fearlessly advised 

 the emperor, not to listen to such absurdities ; Hasan Beg knew very 

 well, that he would have to suffer death, and tried therefore to involve 

 others ; he himself (the Khan i A'zam) was the chief conspirator, and 

 ready as such to undergo any punishment." 



" This satisfied the emperor ; he consoled the Mir, and appointed 

 him afterwards Governor of Bahar. In the eleventh year of Jahangir's 

 reign (A. D. 1616), he received the title of 'Aszaduddaulah.f On 

 this occasion the Mir presented to the emperor a dagger, inlaid with 

 precious stones, the making of which he had himself superintended, 

 whilst at Bijapur. At the top of the handle he had a yellow yacrut 

 fixed, perfectly pure, of the shape of half an e Sg) and had it surrounded 

 by yaqiits, as approved of by Europeans, and old and clear emeralds, so 

 as to make it more conspicuous. The value was estimated at fifty 

 thousand rupees." 



" After this he lived for some time at Baraitch, where he held lands 

 granted to him by the emperor. He repaired once more to the capital, 

 where he died of a natural death." 



" The Mir was a man distinguished for his talents. The Dictionary, 

 entitled Farliang i Jahdngiri, which is everywhere highly valued, and 

 referred to as the best authority, was compiled by him. The author 

 has indeed shewn a most admirable carefulness in his critical investiga- 

 tions, and the correctness of the vowels." 



" Of his two sons, the elder, Mir Aminuddin had been with his father 

 in the Dekhan, and was married to a daughter of ' Abdurrahim, Akbar's 

 Commander-in-Chief; he was promoted to a higher post, when, at an 

 early age, he died ; the younger, Mir Husamuddin Murtasza Khan, 

 has been mentioned before." 



* Vide AA. p. 223, No. 21. 



t Tide Toozuk i Jahangiri, ed. by Sayyid Ahmad, Allygurli, 1864, p. 175. 



