Kūrušnāma
The somewhat erratically organised private diary of the Khanzada of Raspur, which appears to have been written incrementally after the year 1665 after Norton.
Events
Persons
Azardokht al-Osman
First Wife and mother to the two boys Ardashir and Jamshid. An impertinent and conceited woman. Much taken with her own beauty. Scornful and vindictive. Has the audacity, in her cups, to deny that the Lord my Father is a true scion of the House of Osman. Installed as Keeper of the Gate and Custodian of the Lower Ziggurat only at the insistence of the Benefactors to keep her safe from the wrath of another.
Kalkul
Knowing of my disappointment at being denied the opportunity of taking satisfaction from the pitiful cries of the one they called Knotty Sahib for his insolence, the Lord my Father made over to me as a gift the mameluke whom we know as Kalkul to take on campaign as my enumerator. At first the Kalgachi seemed nervously pleased to be relieved from his duties my Father's counting house. His attempts at good humour and ingratiation departed him as he realised our purpose laid towards Mitra, which I did not realise he was already familiar with on account of his time spent as a guest of the Zhayedani.
