[140] Elphinstone in the "History of India" relates his death as follows: "He had been walking on the terrace of his library, and was descending the stairs (which in such situations are narrow steps on the outside of the building and only guarded by an ornamental parapet about a foot high). Hearing the call to prayers from the minarets, he stopped, as is usual on such occasions, repeated the creed, and sat down on the steps till the crier had done. He then endeavored to rise, supporting himself on his staff; the staff slipped on the polished marble of the steps, and the King fell headlong over the parapet. He was stunned at the time and, although he soon recovered his senses, the injury he had received was beyond cure. On the fourth day after his accident he expired in the forty-ninth year of his age and the twenty-sixth of his reign, including the 16 years of his banishment from his capital." [141] This is meant for Bairam Khan, the faithful follower of Humayun, and, later on, the Atabek (tutor) of Ekber. [142] On modern English maps of India, these names are given as Sonpat, Panipat, Karnal, Tanesar, and Samani, in the same order on the way from Delhi to Lahore. [143] Very striking is the want of reserve wherewith this lie is spread to serve a political purpose. [144] Matchivara, a town in Punjab in Ludiana. [145] Perhaps Bachrewan, a town in the province of Oudh. [146] A stronghold built by Selim Shah on the boundary mountains of Sewalik, against the Sakkars. [147] Elphinstone, "History of India," calls this man Pir Mohammed, the teacher or tutor of Ekber, while our author calls him Khodja Bairam Khan. [148] Ebul Maali, a Said from Kashgar, who had entered the service of Humayun in 1551. He had rebelled against Ekber and had taken possession of Kabul, where he was afterward defeated and imprisoned in Lahore. He died in 1563. [149] Literally, "Believers in the Book"; these, therefore, have none of the four Sacred Books, viz., Koran, Tevrat, Gospels, and Psalms. Consequently they are heathen. [150] The burning of widows (Suttee) has in recent times been put a stop to by the English, and it is very characteristic that the Moguls had, long before that time, endeavored to check the custom. [151] Also called _khutaz_ and _kudaz_, a kind of horned cattle. Their tail is used as an ornament to hang round the horse's neck. [152] It appears from this passage that the Emperor's guests only received the gifts allotted to them when on their return journey; had, in fact, to collect them from the authorities of the districts through which they passed. [153] Khoshab, the name of a town in Punjab, situated on the river Djehlam, and not the name of the river itself, as our author states. [154] Nilab, "blue water," can not possibly be the river Kabul. [155] Bakhtar-Zemin, or Bakhtarland, _i.e._, Bactria.