Nur Chashma

Inscription on Marble in Chashma i Nur

It is a Palace built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir for hunting in 1615 and christened the place Chashma-i-Nur (چشما نور - spring of light ), after his own name, Nur-uddin Mohammad Jahangir.^[1] Now just ruined pavilion.^[2]

History[]

Lower Building of Palace

Hafiz Jamal, the daughter of Khawaja Muinuddin Chisti, lived for some time as a religious recluse here. Jahangir came to Ajmer in 1613 A.D. and built a hunting palace here and named it Mahal Shah Nur-ud-din Jahangir (̠ Palace of King Jahangir ).

Jahangir lived in Ajmer for nearly three years (1613 to 1619 A.D.) The Emperor himself describes the place in Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri and ordered a palace to be built in the valley and some couplets to inscribed on a stone and the stone to be fixed over the arch of the lower building.^[3] Sir Thomas Roe also describe this place as a ' Place of melancholy delight' in his Journal.^[4]

There is another historical important relics, the massive unfinished water lift, now known " Roothi Rani Ka Mahal " as built by Rao Maldeva of Merwar, who took Ajmer in 1535 A.D. The lift was consist of a chains of towers, one overlooking the other, and the water was to be raised from the Chashma to the fort of Taragarh.^[5]

The Chashma valley widens a little towards the end and it was here that the historic Battle of Ajmer^[6] fought between Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb and decided the fate of the rightful heir of Shah Jahan.

References[]

^ Sarda, Har Bilas (1911). Ajmer: Historical And Descriptive.
^ Kumar, Arjun. "Ajmer: Beyond the dargah". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan; Rogers, Alexander; Beveridge, Henry (1909–1914). The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri; or, Memoirs of Jahangir. Translated by Alexander Rogers. Edited by Henry Beveridge. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Royal Asiatic Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
^ Roe, Thomas; Foster, William (1899). The embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence. Harvard University. London, Printed for the Hakluyt society.
^ Tod, James (1914). Annals And Antiquities Of Rajasthan Vol.2.
^ "Battle of Deorai | Indian history". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[1] Sarda, Har Bilas (1911). Ajmer: Historical And Descriptive.

[2] Kumar, Arjun. "Ajmer: Beyond the dargah". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[3] Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan; Rogers, Alexander; Beveridge, Henry (1909–1914). The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri; or, Memoirs of Jahangir. Translated by Alexander Rogers. Edited by Henry Beveridge. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Royal Asiatic Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)

[4] Roe, Thomas; Foster, William (1899). The embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence. Harvard University. London, Printed for the Hakluyt society.

[5] Tod, James (1914). Annals And Antiquities Of Rajasthan Vol.2.

[6] "Battle of Deorai | Indian history". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

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