Book Title: Monk and Monarch
Author(s): Vidyavijay
Publisher: Deepchand Banthia

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________________ 113 with a happy mind they may apply themselves to blessing the perpetuation of the conquering kingdom. Again there is a garden in the province of Una wherein they have installed the foot-prints of their Guru Hirji. That should be considered as exempted from the taxes, etc., collected according to the old custom, and no hindrance should be created in the matter. Written on date 14, month Shaherivar, Ilahi year 55. (Explanation of the sub-head.) The month of Farwardin; those days on which the Sun travels from one sign of the zodiac to another; the day of Id; the days of Mehar; the Sundays of every month; the day that intervenes the two days of Sufiya; the Monday of the month of Rajab; the month of the birth of Emperor Akbar which is called 'Aban'; the first day of every solar month which is termed 'Ormaz'; the twelve beneficial days comprising the last six days of the month of Shravan and the first six days of the month of Bhadarva. ALLAHU AKBAR (This is a true rendering of the original. ) SEAL (The letters in this seal cannot be deciphered.) SEAL ( This seal contains the name of 'Kaji Abdussami'. l ) 1. Kaji Abdussami was a resident of the hilly country of Miyakal situated between Samarkand and Bokhara. According to Badaoni, he used to play chess with stakes and was very much addicted to drinking. Akbar had appointed him as "Kajilkujat' in place of Kaji Jalaluddin Multani. (Vide "Ain-i-Akbari", part I, p. 545.) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com

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