Letters of Aurungzebe/Letter to A'akel Khán, Fort-keeper and Governor of the Capital of Sháh Jehán Abád
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Letter addressed to
A'akel Khan[1],
Fort-keeper and Governor
of the Capital of Shah Jehan Abad[2].
1662. LETTER CLXVII.
I read the petition of that old servant (i.e., the Khan). You have expressed the desire of retiring from the service and of tendering resignation of your post. When I have protected you under my service, which is the object of divine glory and favour, do you think that you will get a better post anywhere else than here? In case of you insist, your petition will be certainly accepted and your request (for resignation) will be complied with; and a sum of one thousand rupees per month, amounting to twelve thousand per year, will be assigned to you.
- ↑ A'akel Khan-i-Khafi, author of 'Vakeat-i-Alamgiri'. In 1659 he was governor of Shah Jehan Abad. In 1662 he resigned his governorship. The author of 'Ma'asiri Alamgiri' says that thereafter he was granted Rs. 1000 per year and not per month. In 1663 he was made superintendent of the 'Ghosal Khaneh'. Afterwards he was sent to Lahore. In 1679 he joined the service of Prince Muazzam. In 1680 he was made second 'bakhashi.' He died in 1696. He was a good-natured man. Cf. Let. CXLVIII.
- ↑ The new city erected by Shah Jehan near the old Delhi where he removed his court from Agra on account of excessive heat. Thus it was the new capital of Shah Jehan and Aurungzebe.