The Book of Akbar 250.4

250.4

He stopped, and said to the Mirza, “As you have set out to kiss the threshold and have emerged from the circle of sedition, and have escaped from a state of rebellion, the proper thing for auspiciousness and repentance is that you send the runaway officers to the Court with their necks bound, that you yourself recite the khutba in his Majesty's name, and that you secretly depart and go off to the Hijaz.” The Mirza accepted the advice and agreed to everything, but added, “Entreat his Majesty to suffer Babus to depart along with me, for he is an old servant, and I am desirous of atoning to him on this journey for what I have done to him.” When the Mir returned and reported the circumstances to his Majesty, he asked pardon for the Mirza's offences, and his Majesty, on account of his constitutional kindness, forgave him and ratified all that the Mir had arranged. On Friday, 12th Rajab, 955, 12th August, 1548, Maulana 'Abdul Baqi the Sadr recited the khutba in his Majesty Jahanbani's name, .and his Majesty went off from there to a garden in the neighbourhood. The batteries were dismantled, and an order was given that Haji Muhammad should be present with a body of troops, that the Mirza was departing with a few men, as had been arranged, and that until his exit from the dominions they should guard the borders.