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2 his nose there was a fleshy wart, about the size of a small pea, which
3 physiognomists considered very auspicious. -His voice was loud and his
4 speech sweet and élegant. His manners were fascinating and his features
5 full of dignity. He was possessed of remarkable courage, and, while yet a
6 boy, performed prodigies of valour. Even in sports he displayed conspicuous
7 courage and agility, and ‘his daring encounters with tigers and wild beasts, and
8 his amusements with unbroken horses and elephants, are an indubitable
9 proof of the extraordinary strength he possessed. He took intense delight
10 in all manly exercises, and would walk thirty or forty miles, or ride sometimes
11 a hundred miles, in a day. On one occasion he rode from Ajmere to Agra, a
12 distance of 220 miles in two successive days. He was a most expert marks-
13 man and had_a favourite gun* which he used in shooting thousands of game.
14 In his youth he indulged in wine and merry festivities, but he soon became
15 abstemious and refrained from animal food on particular days.
16 A generous and merciful ruler, a kind master, a forgiving father, a
17 sincere friend, a generous foe, a brave soldier, a talented statesman, Akber is
18 the ideal sovereign of India, and has left behind him one of the brightest
19 names in the history of the world, a name familiar to all civilized nations,
20 and one which to this day is on the lips equally of the Hindus and .
21 Mahomedans that inhabit this vast empire.f
22 - CHAPTER XIV.
23 NUR-UD-DIN JAHANGIR.
24 Gr-uD-Din, surnamed Salem, on ascending his father’s throne, assumed the
25 sounding title of Jahangir, “ Conqueror of the World.” He was crowned
26 in the fort of Agra on October 12th, 1605, in the 88th year of his age. The 160
27 event was commemorated by an inscription on the sand stone panel, in the
28 Delhi gate of the fort, where it is still to be seen, concluding with the prayer:
29 “ May our King Jahdngir be the king of the world!”—1014. The new king
30 distributed costly gifts on the occasion, and handsomely rewarded the poets
31 who composed congratulatory poems. The following poem of Maktub Khan,
32 the librarian and manager of the royal Nakkash Khana, giving the date of
33 the accession, is cited by the emperor in the Tuzuk Jahéngir:— °
34 pila staold GIG wl Gale
35 ws lyols en y3 unmsad dtd a Joe &
36 cya 3 85h 3 Cl wd 9 er 5 Just
37 * This was the first of his majesty’s private guns and was known by the name of Sangram
38 —Aytni Akberi. ;
39 + Akber used the Z7éht year and Persian months on his coins, instead of the year of Jalus
40 or the accession to the throne. His gold coin bore the following inscription :—
41 Bt oye ; wav] 03 wl USsyil yl pls xt? ye?
42 gsr) - 4 "30 ordeal mo} det Dy ye Wd whey 4 oe U
43 a The sun of the seal of King Akber is the honour of this gold coin,
44 So'long as the earth and the sky are adorned with the luminous sun.”
45 Jahangir crowned
46 emperor of Hindostan,
47 5.
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