Note 19 — Introductory Life of Akbar.

Many Muhammadan princes died of delirium tremens before the introduction of tobacco, which took place towards the end of Akbar’s reign. Asad Beg says that he first saw tobacco at Bijapur. He brought a pipe and a stock of tobacco to Agra, and presented it to the Emperor, who made a trial. The custom of smoking spread rapidly among the nobles, but Akbar never adopted it himself.—“Dowson,” vi. 165.