Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.39.4

78.39.4

Next His Majesty said : ‘They have written ever so many praises of you, tell me truly, in what army have you served, and what exploits have you performed?’ I replied : ‘In the presence of the Emperor, Your Majesty’s humble servant speaks even the truth, with a hundred fears and tremblings, how can he speak that which is not the truth!’ And then I related to him succinctly what had happened. Again he asked : ‘Were you unarmed, or armed?’ I said : ‘I had armour both for man and horse.’ ‘Where did you get it from?’ he said. I replied : ‘From Sayyid ‘Abd-ullah Khan.’ The Emperor was exceedingly pleased, and putting forth his hand to a heap of Ashrafis (which in those days, just like a heap in a treasury, used always to be laid before him) presented me with a sum of ninety-six and said : ‘Have you seen Shaikh ‘Abd-un-Nabi [since your return]?’ I answered : ‘From the dust of the road I came to Court, how could I have seen him?’ Then the Emperor gave me a pair of splendid Nakhudi shawls [and said] : ‘Take these and go and see the Shaikh, and say to him from us : ‘They are from our own private treasury, and we had them made on purpose for you, do you wear them.’ I took them, and carried the message to the Shaikh, who was very much pleased. Then he asked : At the moment of taking leave of you, I said, At the moment of joining battle remember to pray for me ? I replied : I then recited the prayer ‘O God !