The Ain i Akbari, Part 248, Volume 1Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1873 - India |
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Abul Abulfazl according Agrah Ahadis Akbar Alí Alláhu allowed animal appointed Badakhshan Badáoní bán Bengal Bhakkar Çadr called camels cardamums coins colour commander commenced copper Court dáms deer dirhams dishes Divine Faith Díwán elephants emperor Faizí farmáns Fazl Fazl's five flowers four g'hí give given gold grain grandees grass Gujrát halqahs Harem Hence Hindus horses Husain Imám Imperial Islám jágír Jahán Jahángír Kábul Kashmir kháçah Khán Khwajah Kín kind king large number letter looks Majesty Majesty's Makhdúm Makkah Mançabdárs Mançabs máshahs Mashhad Mauláná mentioned Mír Mírzá month Mubárak Muhammad Muhammadan muhurs Mujtahid Mullá muster nasta'liq Persian petals pieces Prince prophet Qorán Rájah rank reign religious resembles round rupees sér servants Sháh Shaikh shew Shi'ahs Shíráz silver stables Sultán surkhs thousand tólahs tree troopers Tuzuk Ulamás vide weight whilst wisdom word yards Yazd
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Page xxxii - If it be a mosque, people murmur the holy prayer ; and if it be a Christian Church, people ring the bell from love to thee. Sometimes I frequent the Christian cloister, and sometimes the mosque. But it is thou whom I seek from temple to temple.
Page 216 - His Majesty plans splendid edifices, and dresses the work of his mind and heart in the garment of stone and clay.
Page 108 - There are many that hate painting; but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if a painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God; for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other, must come to feel that he cannot bestow individuality upon his work, and is thus forced to think of God, the giver of life...
Page 163 - Whenever, from lucky circumstances, the time arrives that a nation learns to -understand how to worship truth, the people will naturally look to their king, on account of the high position which lie occupies, and expect him to be their spiritual leader as well ; for a king possesses, independent of men, the ray of Divine wisdom,* which banishes from his heart everything that is conflicting.
Page 186 - Hindustan has now become the centre of security and peace, and the land of justice and beneficence, a large number of people, especially learned men and lawyers, have immigrated and chosen this country for their home. "Now we, the principal Ulama, who are not only well-versed in the several departments of the law and in the principles of jurisprudence, and well acquainted...
Page 113 - Matchlocks are now made so strong, that they do not burst, though let off when filled to the top. Formerly they could not fill them to more than a quarter. Besides, they made them with the hammer and the anvil by flattening pieces of iron, and joining the flattened edges of both sides. Some left them, from foresight, on one side open; but numerous accidents were the results, especially in the former kind.
Page 180 - ... and inculcated their doctrines so firmly, and so skilfully represented things as quite self-evident which require consideration, that no man, by expressing his doubts, could now raise a doubt in His Majesty, even if mountains were to crumble to dust, or the heavens were to tear asunder. Hence His Majesty cast aside the Islamitic revelations regarding resurrection, the day of judgment, and the details connected with it, as also all ordinances 'based on the tradition of our prophet. He listened...
Page 108 - There are many that hate painting, but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if a painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God ; for a painter, in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs one after the other, must come to feel that he cannot bestow personality upon his work, and is thus forced to think of God, the giver of life, and will thus increase in knowledge.
Page 170 - For many years previous to 983, the emperor had gained in succession remarkable and decisive victories. The empire had grown in extent from day to day ; everything turned out well, and no opponent was left in the whole world. His Majesty had thus leisure to come into nearer contact with ascetics and the disciples of the...
Page 193 - SMraz, who had not been overstrict in religious matters, His Majesty thought that Fathullah would only be too glad to enter into his religious scheme. But Fathullah was such a stanch Shi'ah, and at the same time such a worldly office-hunter, and such a worshipper of mammon and of the nobility, that he would not give up a jot of the tittles of bigoted Shi'ism.