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according to Abul Fazl, Faizi, Sirhindi and Badaoni, Beramkhan himself killed Hemu because Akbar refused to strike at Hemu.
7. The Mewrahs are the natives of Mewat and are famous as runners. They bring from great distances with zeal anything that may be required. They are excellent spies and will perform the most intricate duties. There are likewise one thousand of them ready to carry out orders. ( " Ain-i--Akbari, " Vol. I, p. 252.)
8. This city was three miles south of Bayana. It does not exist now.
9. Some writers take Abhiramabad to be Allahabad; but it is not proper, for the route by which Suriji went to Fatehpur Sikri ( a map of the route is attached herewith) cannot have Allahabad on it. Suriji's last halt was at Abhiramabad. In the 13th canto of the poem "Hirsaubhagya " it is said that
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" पवित्रयंस्तीर्थ इवाध्वजन्तून्पुरेऽभिरामादिमवादनाम्नि | यावत्समेतः प्रभुरेत्य तावद् द्राग्वाचकेन्द्रेण नतः स तावत् ॥
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मघा पिकीकान्त इवैष युष्मत्समागमं कांक्षति भूमिकान्तः । तद्वाचकेनेत्युदितो व्रतीन्द्रः फतेपुरोपान्तभुवं बभाज ॥
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This means that Vimalharsh Upadhyay came to Abhiramabad from Fatehpur with Akbar's greetings.
Rishabhadas writes in "Hirvijaysuriras
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This shows that Abhiramabad was his last halt. Moreover it is said in the " Jagadgurukavya, '
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
thus :
“ ખચાંના નઇ અભિરામાબાદ ગુરુ આવતાં ગયા વિષવાદ,
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ફતેપુર ભણી આવઇ જસ્યિ અનેક પડિત પૂર્કિ' તસ્યઇ, (p. 108. )
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