D. 1562 for the
murder of Shams-ud-din Muhammad Atgah Khan, one of the Emperor's
foster fathers, or the neighbouring 'family grave enclosure' of his
brothers, known as the _Chaunsath Khambha_, or Hall of Sixty-four
Pillars. Adham Khan's tomb is still, or was until recently, used as a
rest-house (Fanshawe, pp. 14, 228, 242, 256, 278; Carr Stephen, pp.
31, 200, pl. ii). The best-known of the 'kokahs', or foster-brothers,
of Akbar is Aziz, the son of Shams-ud-din above mentioned. Aziz
received the title of Khan-i-Azam (Von Noer, _The Emperor Akbar_,
transl. by Beveridge, vol. i, pp. 78, 95; and Blochmann, _Ain-t-
Akbari_, vol. i, pp. 321, 323, &c.). The young chief of Jaipur died
in 1834, and in the course of disturbances which followed, the
Political Agent was wounded, and Mr. Blake, his assistant, was killed
(D. Boulger, _Lord William Bentinck_, 'Rulers of India' series, p.
143). I cannot find mention in any authority of Imam Mashhadi. Mr.
Fraser's murder has been fully described _ante_ chapter 64.
CHAPTER 68
New Delhi, or Shahjahanabad.
On the 22nd of January, 1836, we went on twelve miles to the new city
of Delhi, built by the Emperor Shahjahan, and called after him
Shahjahanabad; and took up our quarters in the palace of the Begam
Samru, a fine building, agreeably situated in a garden opening into
the great street, with a branch of the great canal running through
it, and as quiet as if it had been in a wilderness.
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