According to the "Ain-i-Akbari", during Akbar's reign, whenever the emperor rode out, not less than five "alams" were carried along with the "qur" (a collection of flags and other insignia) wrapped up in scarlet cloth bags. They were unfurled on the days of festivity, and in battle. Edward Terry, chaplain to Sir Thomas Roe, who came during the reign of Jahangir, described in his "Voyage to East-India" (1655) that the royal standard, made of silk, with a crouching lion shadowing part of the body of the sun inscribed on it, was carried on an elephant whenever the emperor travelled.