Jehanguire was the son of the Great Acbar.
Footnote 324:
p. 292.—_Yet playful as Peris just loos’d from their cages._
In the wars of the Dives with the Peris, whenever the former took the
latter prisoners, “they shut them up in iron cages, and hung them on
the highest trees. Here they were visited by their companions, who
brought them the choicest odours.”—_Richardson._
Footnote 325:
p. 293.—_Of the flowers of this planet—though treasures were there._
In the Malay language the same word signifies women and flowers.
Footnote 326:
p. 293.—_He saw that City of Delight._
The capital of Shadukiam. See note, p. 357.
Footnote 327:
p. 295.—_He sits, with flow’rets fetter’d round._
See the representation of the Eastern Cupid, pinioned closely round
with wreaths of flowers, in _Picart_’s Cérémonies Religieuses.
Footnote 328:
p. 295.—_Lose all their glory when he flies._
“Among the birds of Tonquin is a species of goldfinch, which sings so
melodiously that it is called the Celestial bird. Its wings, when it
is perched, appear variegated with beautiful colours, but when it
flies they lose all their splendour.”—_Grosier._
Footnote 329:
p. 296.—_Whose pinion knows no resting place._
“As these birds on the Bosphorus are never known to rest, they are
called by the French ‘les âmes damnées.’”—_Dalloway._
Footnote 330:
p. 296.—_If there his darling rose is not._
“You may place a hundred handfuls of fragrant herbs and flowers before
the nightingale, yet he wishes not, in his constant heart, for more
than the sweet breath of his beloved rose.”—_Jami._
Footnote 331:
p. 298.—_From the great Mantra, which around._
“He is said to have found the great _Mantra_, spell or talisman,
through which he ruled over the elements and spirits of all
denominations.”—_Wilford._
Footnote 332:
p. 298.—_To the gold gems of_ AFRIC.
“The gold jewels of Jinnie, which are called by the Arabs El Herrez,
from the supposed charm they contain.”—_Jackson._
Footnote 333:
p. 298.—_To keep him from the Siltim’s harm._
“A demon, supposed to haunt woods, &c. in a human
shape.”—_Richardson._
Footnote 334:
p. 298.—_Her Selim’s smile to_ NOURMAHAL.
The name of Jehanguire before his accession to the throne.
Footnote 335:
p. 300.—_Anemones and Seas of Gold._
“Hemasagara, or the Sea of Gold, with flowers of the brightest gold
colour.”—_Sir W. Jones._
Footnote 336:
p. 300.—_Their buds on_ CAMADEVA’S _quiver._
“This tree (the Nagacesara) is one of the most delightful on earth,
and the delicious odour of its blossoms justly gives them a place in
the quiver of Camadeva, or the God of Love.”—_Id._
Footnote 337:
p. 300.—_Is call’d the Mistress of the Night._
“The Malayans style the tube-rose (Polianthes tuberosa) Sandal Malam,
or the Mistress of the Night.”—_Pennant._
Footnote 338:
p. 300.—_That wander through_ ZAMARA’S _shades._
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