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318 PROMOTIONS AND OFFERINGS.
been made under his superintendence.
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On its hilt was
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a yellow ruby (yaqwt-i-zard), exceeding clear and bright,
in size equal to half a hen's egg. I had never before
seen so large and beautiful a yellow ruby. Along with
it were other rubies of approved colour and old emeralds.
Brokers (muqimdn) valued it (the dagger) at 50,000
rupees. I increased the mansab of the said Mir by
1,000 horse, which brought
it to 5,000 personal and
3,500 horse. On the 8th I increased the mansab of
Sadiq Haziq by 300 personal and horse, and that of
Iradat Khan by 300 personal and 200 horse, so as to
raise each to 1,000 personal and 500 horse. On the
9th the offering of Khwaja Abu-1-hasan was laid before
me of ;
jewelled ornaments, and cloth stuffs, what was
of the value of 40,000 rupees was accepted, and the
remainder I made a present to him. The offering of
Tatar Khan Bakawul-begl, consisting of one ruby (la'l),
one yaqwt, a jewelled takldl (signet ?),
two rings, and
some cloths, was accepted. On the 10th three elephants
which Raja Maha Singh sent from the Deccan, and 100
which Murtaza Khan
and odd pieces of gold brocade, etc.,
sent from Lahore, were laid before me. On this date
Dayanat Khan presented his offering of two pearl rosaries,
two rubies, six large pearls, and one gold tray, to the
value of 28,000 rupees. At the end of Thursday, the
11th, I went to the house of I'timadu-d-daulah in order
to add to his dignity. He then presented me with his
offering,
and I examined it in detail. Much of it was
exceedingly rare. Of jewels there were two pearls
worth 30,000 rupees, one qutbi ruby which had been
purchased for 22,000 rupees, with other pearls and rubies.
Text, khud-hunarkdri, ' his own workmanship,' but the MSS. have
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khud-sarlcdrl. See also Iqbal-nama, p.
had had it made in Bijapur.
87, which says that Jamalu-d-dln
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Really a topaz. Tavernier points out that the natives call various
precious stones rubies, distinguishing them by their coir tr.