[‘Office, prerogative.’ For a full account of the Mansab system, see Irvine, _Army of the Indian Moghuls_, 3 ff.] Footnote 3.2.16: Fine of relief. Footnote 3.2.17: [There were earlier instances of alliances between Muhammadan princes and Hindus. The mother of Fīroz Shāh, born A.D. 1309, was a Bhatti lady: Khizr Khān married Deval Devi, a Vāghela lady of Gujarāt (Elliot-Dowson, iii. 271 f., 545; Elphinstone, 395).] Footnote 3.2.18: [There is no evidence for this statement (Smith, _Akbar_, 58, 225).] Footnote 3.2.19: The son of the Princess Jodh Bai, whose magnificent tomb still excites admiration at Sikandra, near Agra. Footnote 3.2.20: ‘Gift of Love.’ [Kāmbakhsh had a Hindu wife, Kalyān Kumāri, daughter of Amar Chand and sister of Sagat Singh, Zamīndār of Manoharpur. Professor Jadunath Sarkar has been unable to trace a Hindu wife of Akbar, son of Aurangzeb.] Footnote 3.2.21: To this very marriage we owe the origin of our power. When the nuptials were preparing, the emperor fell ill. A mission was at that time at Delhi from Surat, where we traded, of which Mr. Hamilton was the surgeon. He cured the king, and the marriage was completed. In the oriental style, he desired the doctor to name his reward; but instead of asking anything for himself, he demanded a grant of land for a factory on the Hoogly for his employers. It was accorded, and this was the origin of the greatness of the British empire in the East. Such an act deserved at least a column; but neither “storied urn nor animated bust” marks the spot where his remains are laid [C. R. Wilson, _Early Annals of the English in Bengal_, ii. 235, see p. 468 below]. Footnote 3.2.22: Abu-l Fazl [_Āīn_, i. 308 ff.]. Footnote 3.2.23: The infantry, regulars, and militia, exceeded 4,000,000. Footnote 3.2.24: See, in the Annals of Mewar, the letter of Rae Singh of Bikaner (who had been compelled to submit to this practice), on hearing that Rana Partap’s reverses were likely to cause a similar result. It is a noble production, and gives the character of both. Footnote 3.2.25: The tribe to which the princes of Mewar belonged. Footnote 3.2.26: _Raj Rajeswara_, the title of the prince of Marwar: the prince of Amber, _Raj Rajindra_. Footnote 3.2.27: Hallam, vol. i. p. 117. Footnote 3.2.28: Hallam, vol. i. p. 173. Footnote 3.2.29: See Appendix, No. I. Footnote 3.2.30: See Appendix, Nos. II. and III. Footnote 3.2.31: _Pat_ means ‘head,’ ‘chief.’ Footnote 3.2.32: The death of the chief of Nimaj, in the Annals of Marwar, and Sheogarh Feud, in the Personal Narrative, Vol. II. ----- CHAPTER 3