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Kavi Raj Sliyamal Birthday of the Emperor 
“Two hundred Shdhrukhi coins, silver gauntlets, and one pod of 
musk,” was the answer. Further “ that the coins and the gauntlets were 
made over to Khudawand Khan.” 
“ His Majesty asked the reason of my giving to another person the 
things that had been entrusted to me. 
“ A due execution of your Majesty’s order,” was the response. 
“His Majesty sent for the pod of musk which was immediately 
produced. 
“ The Emperor asked for a China plate, and having broken the pod 
in it, distributed it among the nobles, in demonstration of the joy felt at 
the j)rince’s birth. 
The courtiers expressed their good wishes and congratulated his 
Majesty on the occasion.” 
(5) The English authorities have simply followed Abul Fazl with¬ 
out further, enquiry, e. g. 
1, Erskine—History of India under Baber and Humayiin, Yol. II, 
p. 254. 
2, Dawson—History of Hindustan, Yol. II, p. 160. 
3, Sir H. M. Elliot—History of India, Yol. I, p. 318. 
4, Elphinstone—History of India, p. 453. 
5, Mill.—Gives no date. 
II. Opinions of living Scholaes. 
The statement of Akbar Jauhar makes the birthday fall about 5 
weeks (the period intervening between 5th Rajjab and 14th Shaban) 
after the date assigned by Abul Fazl. 
This difference put me into a dilemma, and I had to put off insert¬ 
ing the date of Akbar’s birth in my book till I could satisfy myself of 
the truth of one or other of the statements. 
With this view, the first step I took was to put the question to the 
Persian scholars of the day, through the columns of the “ Khair Khwah-e 
Alam ” (a newspaper published in Urdu) in an article contributed to 
that paper by my friend Maulavi Ubaidulla Farhati, but without result. 
Next, I referred to the under-mentioned learned gentlemen famed 
for their knowledge of Indian History: 
1. Raja Siva Prasad, 0. S. I. 
2. Maulavi Sayyid Ahmad Khan, C. S. I. 
3. Maulavi Anwarul Haq (Mir Munshi in the office of A. G. G. 
for Rajputana). I am very glad to say. Raja Siva Prasad, to whom I am 
much indebted for his assistance confirms the statements of Abul Fazl 
by quoting the same date, 5th Rajjab A. H. 949, from some of the Persian 
works alluded to in the foregoing pages, and adds weight to their state- 
