Accordingly, from that year the combined jurisdiction of the
North-Western Provinces and Oudh received the new official name of
the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. The title of Chief
Commissioner of Oudh was dropped at the same time, but the legal
System and administration of the old kingdom of Oudh continued to be
distinct in certain respects.
2. The civil establishment and garrison are still nearly the same as
in the author's time. The inland customs department is now concerned
only with the restrictions on the manufacture of salt. The offices of
district magistrate and collector of land revenue have long been
combined in a single officer.
3. Akbar married the daughter of Bihari Mal, chief of Jaipur, in A.D.
1562. There is little doubt that she, _Mariam-uz-Zamani_, was the
mother of Jahangir. See Blochmann, transl. _Ain_, vol. i, p. 619. Mr.
Beveridge has given up the opinion which he formerly advocated in
_J.A.S.B._, vol. lvi (1887), Part I, pp. 164-7.
The Jodhpur princess was given the posthumous title of 'Mariam-uz-
Zamani', or 'Mary of the age', which circumstance probably originated
the belief that Akbar had one Christian queen.
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