CHAP. XII.] CROWN PRINCE DARA SHUKOH. 295 his power influence Court, and at Panjab, and Multan, had been conferred on him, but he was allowed to stay at his father's Court and govern them by deputies. At the same time the Emperor bestowed on him rank and privi- leges which raised him to an almost royal posi- tion, midway between the Emperor and the other princes. Dara now enjoyed the high title of Shah-i-buland-iqbal, (King of Lofty Fortune), the unprecedented rank of a Commander of Forty Thousand Horse, and an income which many a king might have envied. When he attended Court he was allowed to sit near the Emperor on a gold chair only a little lower than the throne. Dara's sons got military ranks as high as those of the Emperor's younger sons, and his officers were frequently ennobled by the Emperor. Dependent kings, tributary princes, offenders under the Imperial wrath, aspirants to office or title, all bought or begged Dara's mediation before they could approach the Em- peror. Government officials and new recipients
- Waris, 96a, (golden chair and title of Shah given to
Dara, 3rd February, 1655), 97a, 120a, (Dara's pay was 1 krores of rupees, January, 1657), 1236, (mansabs of all the princes). Kambu, 6a (Dara promoted to a command of 50,000 horse, 14th September), 7b (Dara promoted to a command of 60,000 horse, with a pay of above 2 krores, 30th December), 86, Masum, 6b. + Waris, 96a, 116a. Digitized by Microsoft Ⓡ
