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Akbar following childrens were born after Jahangir & mentioned by emperor jahangir in his autobiography
1.Shahzada Khanam from a royal concubine
2.Shah Murad from a royal concubine
3.Daniyal from a royal concubine
4.Shakaru-n-nisa by Begam Bibi Daulat-Shad
5.Aram Banu Begam by Begam Bibi Daulat-Shad
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Pages from jahangirnama
34 Akbar's children.
Three months after my birth my sister, Shahzada Khanam,
was born to one of the royal concubines ; they gave her
over to his (Akbar's) mother, Maryam Makani. After her
a son was born to one of the concubines, and received the
name of Shah Murad. As his birth occurred in the hill
country of Fathptir, he was nicknamed Pahari. When
my revered father sent him to conquer the Deccan, he
had taken to excessive drinking through associating with
unworthy persons, so that he died in his 30th year, in
the neighbourhood of Jalnapur, in the province of Berar.
His personal appearance was fresh-coloured ; he was thin
in body and tall of stature. Dignity and authority were
evident in his movements, and manliness and bravery
manifested themselves in his ways. On the night of
Jumada-1-awwal 10th, a.h. 979 (September, 1572), another
son was born to one of the concubines. As his birth took
place at Ajmir in the house of one of the attendants of the
blessed shrine of the reverend Khwaja Mu'Inu-d-dln Chishti,
whose name was Shaikh Daniyal, this child was called
Daniyal.
After the death of my brother Shah Murad, he (Akbar),
towards the end of his reign, sent Daniyal to conquer the
Deccan and followed him himself. When my revered father
was besieging Asir (Aslrgarh) he, with a large body of
nobles such as the Khankhanan and his sons, and Mirza
Yusuf Khan, invested the fort of Ahmadnagar, and it came
ACCOUNT OF SULTAN DANIYAL. 35
into the possession of the victorious officers about the time
that Asir was taken. After my father 'Arsh-ashyanI had
returned in prosperity and victory from Burhanpur towards
his capital, he gave the province to Daniyal and left him in
possession of that territory. Daniyal took to improper ways,
like his brother Shah Murad, and soon died from excessive
drinking, in the 33rd year of his age. His death occurred
in a peculiar way. He was very fond of guns and of
hunting with the gun. He named one of his guns yaka
u janaza, ' the same as the bier,' and himself composed this
couplet and had it engraved on the gun : "
"From the joy of the chase with thee, life is fresh and new ;
To everyone whom thy dart strikes, 'tis the same as his bier." 1
When his drinking of wine was carried to excess, and the
circumstance was reported to my father, f armans of reproach
were sent to the Khankhanan. Of course he forbade it,
and placed cautious people to look after him properly.
When the road to bring wine was completely closed, he
began to weep and to importune some of his servants, and
said : " Let them bring me wine in any possible way." He
said to Murshid Quli Khan, a musketeer who was in his
immediate service : " Pour some wine into this yaka u
janaza, and bring it to me." That wretch, in hope of favour,
undertook to do this, and poured double-distilled spirit into
the gun, which had long been nourished on gunpowder and
the scent thereof, and brought it. The rust of the iron was
dissolved by the strength of the spirit and mingled with it,
and the prince no sooner drank of it than he fell down.
" No one should draw a bad omen : 2
If he does, he draws it for himself."
36 DANIYAL AND SHAKARU-N-NISA.
Daniyal was of pleasing figure, of exceedingly agreeable
manners and appearance ; he was very fond of elephants
and horses. It was impossible for him to hear of anyone
as having a good horse or elephant and not take it from
him. He was fond of Hindi songs, and would occasionally
compose verses with correct idiom in the language of the
people of India, which were not bad.
After the birth of Daniyal a daughter was born to Bibi
Daulat-Shad whom they named Shakaru-n-nisa Begam. 1
As she was brought up in the skirt of my revered father's
care, she turned out very well. She is of good disposition
and naturally compassionate towards all people. From
infancy and childhood she has been extremely fond of me,
and there can be few such relationships between brother
and sister. The first time when, according to the custom of
pressing the breast of a child and a drop of milk is
perceptible, they pressed my sister's breast and milk
appeared, my revered father said to me : " Baba ! drink
this milk, that in truth this sister may be to thee as a
mother." God, the knower of secrets, knows that from
that day forward, after I drank that drop of milk, I have
felt love for my sister such as children have for their
mothers.
After some time another girl was born to this same
Daulat-Shad, and he (Akbar) called her Aram Banu
Begam. 2 Her disposition was on the whole inclined to
excitement and heat. My father was very fond of her, so
much so that he described her impolitenesses as politenesses,
and in his august sight they, from his great love, did not
appear bad. Repeatedly he honoured me by addressing
me, and said : " Baba ! for my sake be as kind as I am,
after me, to this sister, who in Hindi phrase is my darling
1 The MSS. have Shakar-nisar, 'sugar-sprinkling.' She lived into
Shah-Jahan's reign.
2 She died unmarried in Jahangir's reign.
from Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri or Jahangirnama is the autobiography of Mughal Emperor Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir
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