Shri Shiv Chatrapati Caritr 15: Unfriendly attitude towards the muhammadans.

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S.D. [114] Near Puna were many Muhammadan chiefs, great and small, and they used to come to see the Raja, as the friendship of a feudatory chief like him might be of use to them. Dado Pant used to receive them and treat them with courtesy and favour as was due to their rank. Every one was favourably disposed towards Sahaji Raje, and as his son was there, Muhammadan nobles of very high rank sometimes came to see him. It was all right when they took leave after the formal expression of friendship. But on the other hand, if any of them began any conversation with soldierly familiarity that they were all servants of the Badshah, that they were of the same rank, etc., — the Raja used to get excited and said, "I am not a servant of the Badshah." If the visitor, unable to bear this, gave any further reply, the Maharaja used to seize his weapon to kill him. The matter usually was reported to Bijapur, but everybody pleaded Sivaji's childhood and Sahaji Raje's service.