88 Kavi Eaj Shyamal Bk^—Hirthday of the JEmperor Jaldluddin, ^c. 
There is, however, one other alternative ; that is, that the anthers of 
the “ Akbar Namah,” the “ Tabaqati Akbari,” and the “ Mnntakhib-nt- 
Tawarikh ” might not have liked to publish the true date even if they 
knew* it—to show their care for their master’s safety, and thus to evince 
their loyalty to him, who was also swayed by superstitious feelings parti¬ 
cularly till his fortieth year. 
VI. 
It might be questioned why attention has not been directed to the 
account of the Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar’s birth recorded 
by Akbar Jauhar in the Tazkirat-ul-Waqyat ? 
This could not be, because Jauhar was a person of low position, 
literate enough just only to enable him to read and write in the ordinary 
routine of business : he put down a record of the events just as they 
passed, to serve the purposes of a private record, but written with the 
greatest sincerity. 
As he was not learned, his production has no claims to erudition,, 
like those of the other authors, whose books were generally studied. 
Jauhar’s work probably lay as a hidden treasure for years and years 
after his death, and was brought to light only when European scholars 
commenced their researches, and it was they who appreciated it fully ; 
as a happy result of this we are placed within reach of manuscripts of 
the work. 
Akbar Jauhar had no interest in altering the birthday of Akbar, for 
as I have already said his were private records ; moreover he has corro¬ 
borated his statements fully, never losing the thread of the narrative. 
Therefore, I conclude that the Emperor Akbar was born on Saturday 
the 14th Shaban in the Hijri year 949 [corresponding to the 15th of the 
bright half of Margsir, 1599 of the Vikram era = 23rd November A. D. 
1542] as recorded in the “ Tazkirat-ul-Waqyat ” by Akbar Jouhar, Hu- 
mayiin’s ewer-carrier. 
I trust the worthy members of the Society will express their own 
opinions on the points here discussed ; and I shall very thankfully insert 
in my work, the result of their researches if satisfactory. 
* This is probable of Abul Fazl, who after writing several horoscopes of Akbar 
that do not tally, says :— 
“It is but meet that everybody should not know the actual account of the 
birthday of a sample of creation (like Akbar). 
