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Muntakhab al-tawarikh 66.2.7

Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 66.2.7

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66.2.7

thus (11), whose letters thus arranged have the same value as those of the word "Hawa." [In all matters he observed the same reverential caution which was as it were a part of his nature]. He always spent his evenings in company and was never niggardly in entertainment, the revenues of the whole of Hindustan would not have sufficed for his expenditure. His valets, for fear of (being thought to be greedy for) reward, would never mention the name of gold in his presence, and like his father he was not engrossed in amassing wealth; no improper word or term of abuse ever passed his lips, and if he were ever very wroth with any person he used just to say 'You stupid,' and not a word more. Whether in the house or in the mosque even by mistake he never placed his left foot down before the right, and if any one placed the left foot in his house he would say, "It is the left foot," and would make him turn back and bring him in again. From his excessive reserve he never opened his lips in a smile, nor did he ever cast an angry glance at any one.