On Saturday, the 22nd, Khwaja Jahan, who had had the charge of Agra, having had the good fortune to kiss the threshold, presented 500 muhars by way of nazr, and Rs. 400 [165] as charity. On Monday, the 24th, a special dress of honour was conferred on him. On Mubarak-shamba [166] (Thursday), the 28th (? 27th), after four ghari [167] or nearly two sidereal hours (sa`at), had passed,
"In an hour which agreed with two almanacs (?) (or which marked two events),"
the royal standards auspiciously and happily entered the inhabited part of Fathpur. At the same hour the entertainment (of weighing) for my prosperous and noble son, Shah-Jahan, was held. I ordered him to be weighed against gold and other things, and his twenty-eighth year according to the solar [168] months began auspiciously. It is hoped that he may reach the natural [169] limit of life. On the same day H.M. the revered Maryam-zamani (his mother) came from Agra, and I acquired eternal good fortune from the blessing of waiting on her. I hope that the shadow of her bringing up and affection may be perennial on the head of this suppliant. As Ikram K., s. Islam K., had performed the duties of faujdar of this neighbourhood in a proper manner, I bestowed on him the mansab of 1,500 personal and 1,000 horse, original and increased. Suhrab [170] K., s. Mirza Rustam Safavi, was promoted to the mansab of 1,000 personal and 300 horse.
On this day, going over in detail the buildings of the palace of the late King (Akbar), I showed them to my son, Shah-Jahan. Inside of them a large and very clear reservoir of cut stone has been constructed, and is called the Kapur-talao (camphor tank). It is a square of 36 yards by 36, [171] with a depth of 4 1/2 yards. By the order of that revered one, the officials of the public treasury had filled it with fulus (copper coins) and rupees. It came to 34 krors, and 48 lakhs, and 46,000 dams, and 1,679,400 rupees, or a total of 10,300,000 (one kror and three lakhs) according to Hindustani reckoning, and 343,000 tuman according to Persian. For a long time the thirsty-lipped ones of the desert of desire were satisfied from that fountain of benignity.
On Sunday, the 1st Bahman, a reward of 1,000 darb (Rs. 500) was given to Hafiz Nad `Ali, [172] the reciter. For a long time past Muhibb `Ali, s. Budagh [173] K. Chikani, and Abu-l-Qasim Gilani, whom the Ruler of Iran had blinded and driven into the desert of exile, have passed their days in ease under the refuge of this State. To each of them, according to his condition, an allowance for living had been granted. On this day they came from Agra, and had the good fortune to kiss the threshold, and each of them was presented with Rs. 1,000. The Mubarak-shamba entertainment was held in state in the palace, and my private servants were gladdened with cups of pleasure. Nasru-llah, whom my son, Sultan Parwiz, had sent to Court with the elephant Kuh-daman, [174] took his leave and returned. A copy (jild) of the Jahangir-nama, together with a special tipchaq horse, were given to him to take to my son. On Sunday, the 8th, Kunwar Karan, son of Rana Amar Singh, was presented with a horse, an elephant, a dress of honour, a jewelled khapwa, and a phul-katara. I gave him leave to go to his jagir, and sent a horse with him for the Rana. On the same day I went out sporting to Amanabad. As there was an order that no one should kill the antelope of that region, in the course of six years many antelope had come together, and they had grown very tame. On Thursday, the 12th, I returned to the palace, and on that day, according to custom, a feast of cups was prepared.