Note 24 — The Fourteenth New Year’s Feast from the Auspicious Accession

On Thursday, the 13th, Sayyid Ḥasan, the ambassador of my happy brother, S͟hāh ʿAbbās, ruler of Persia, having had the good fortune to kiss the threshold, produced a letter, together with a crystal drinking-cup, on the cover of which was a ruby. As it was given from excessive friendship and sincerity it was the cause of the increase of amity and good fellowship. On this day Fidāʾī K. was promoted to the mansab of 1,000 personal and 500 horse, and Naṣru-llah, s. Fatḥu-llah, in whose charge was the fort of Ambar, that of 1,500 personal and 400 horse. On Thursday, the 20th, Amānu-llah, s. Mahābat K., was promoted to the mansab of 1,500 personal and 800 horse. Having conferred on Wazīr K. the Diwanship of Bengal, I gave him a horse, a dress of honour, and a jewelled dagger. Elephants were given to Mīr Ḥusāmu-d-dīn and Zabar-dast K. On this day Ḥāfiz̤ Ḥasan, a servant of K͟hān ʿĀlam, came to Court with a precious letter from my brother S͟hāh ʿAbbās, and a report from that pillar of the Sultanate (K͟hān ʿĀlam). He laid before me a dagger the hilt of which was made of a fish’s24 tooth spotted with black, that my brother had given to K͟hān ʿĀlam. As it was a great rarity, he (K͟hān ʿĀlam) had sent it to me. I greatly approved of it; in fact, it is a rare present. I had never seen a spotted one until now, and I was much pleased.