Jawamiʿ al-hikayat wa lawamiʿ al-riwayat 6.4

6.4

At first he denied the theft, but at length confessed, and told them where he had buried the clothes. The ambassadors were surprised at this. Some days after, Jai Sing Deo said to the ambassadors, "Go and tell your master that I have a slave who, if I give him the order would bring your master's head to me in a moment; but as he is a great king, and his territory is a long distance off, I will not molest him. If, however, he again shows hostility, he shall get the punishment he deserves." The ambassadors returned and related all the circumstances to their master. The Rai of Daur was much alarmed, and sent him great presents. By this artifice the Rai of Nahrwala gained his purpose, without shedding the blood of a single man.