1886.] Jaldluddin Muhammad Ahbar. 85 
ported by the “ Mirati Aftab Numa’ of Shall Nawaz Khan, who 
says:— 
“ The fort Jae-Shahi (now known as Jalalabad) was given by the 
Emperor Muhammad Humayun to Prince Jaldluddin Muhammad Akbar 
ill jagir for his table-charges during princehood when Humayun had 
been exiled from India by the Pathans, and had established himself in 
Cabul after punishing his brothers (relatives).* 
“ Since it came into the prince’s charge, it flourished and increased 
in population, and was called after him Jalalabad.” 
Prom this it is inferred, that the birth took place on the 14th date, 
whence the name Jaldluddin was given to the prince. 
The date recorded by Jauhar is therefore unquestionable. 
Now, the following account of the village of Jun to which Humayun 
had his Queen Hamidah Bdnii Begam and the prince Akbar brought from 
Amarkot) by Jauhar, proves that the birth did really happen in the 
month of Shdbdn :— 
“ Several bands of robbers had to be encountered near the village 
of Jun; Sheikh Ali Beg returned after putting them to flight. The 
Emperor halted in a garden adjoining the village, and ordered entrench¬ 
ments to be thrown up round it: then he sent one of the chiefs to Amar¬ 
kot to bring the young prince, the females and the servants. On the 
20 th Ramzdn the prince arrived, and had the honour of being embraced 
by his Majesty for the first time On the 35th day of his age.”t 
This proves to a certainty that the prince was born on the 14tli 
Shaban. 
A few lines further on, the author mentions the Roza or fast, from 
which the inference is drawn that the prince did really arrive in Ram¬ 
zan, the month when the Roza or fast is kept. 
V. 
What led the authors of the ‘ Akbar Namah,’ the ‘ Tabaqati Akbari, 
and the ‘ Muntakhib-ut-Tawarikh ’ to record the 5th Rajjab, Sunday in¬ 
stead of the true date, 14th Shaban, Saturday ? 
My explanation may be embodied in a single term, superstition, still 
I should like to say something in detail. 
There is a couplet enjoining on the Hindus to conceal nine things 
\» V* 
* MSS. Mirati Aftab Numa, p. 212. 
t MSS. Tazkirelul Waqyat, leaf 45. 
