[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 337.1.3 # The Book of Akbar 337.1.3 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 337.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [337.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.337.1.3) He was not in a condition to do homage and so whiten his face. His case would be properly dealt with if H.M. the Shahinshah would be so gracious as to excuse him for a time from service. He now sent his son as a slave and hoped that a place would be assigned to himself where he might stay for a while and prepare himself for the blessing of kissing the threshold. He vowed, by God the Creator of the world, that as long as he lived, he would never remove the neck of submission from the line of obedience, and that he would place the necklace of this favour round the neck of his life and make it the jewel of his good fortune. He won over the heart of the ambassador by deceitful blandishments and submissions, and also sent presents in money and goods to the Nasir-al-Mulk who was the Khan-Khanan’s vakil, or rather was the vakil of the Sultanate, and he, as if from fidelity, interested himself in Sikandar, and conveyed the purport of his requests to the Shahinshah through the instrumentality of the Khan-Khanan. - [Previous: 337.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.337.1.2) - [Next: 337.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.337.1.4) - [Up: 337.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.337.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.337.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.337.1.3) · Pramāṇa