The Book of Akbar 357.8

357.8

“You having taken counsel with a faction, which has been the source of this trouble, and being without consideration of final consequences, have at their instigation and misdirection come forth and been the cause of putting the provinces into disorder. You have given Iskandar’s son and Ghazi K. leave to depart so that they may make disturbances in the country. And you have sent a letter to Mahdi Qasim Khan along with his diwan Mubarak, telling him that you are coming to Lahore, and bidding him guard the fort and not make it over to anyone else. You have also sent a message to Tatar Khan Panj Bhaiya, and you have sent instructions in all directions for making commotions. You have also proceeded to Alwar with the design of going from there to Lahore. Though we are certain that, inasmuch as you are perfectly loyal, you never of your own accord assented to any of these acts nor were the author of them, and that a faction has been the cause of these errors and has brought matters so far, yet you yourself said that ‘it was impossible that after forty years’ service with all that loyalty and devotion, and after receiving such honours and favours, you should in this last stage of life convert a name, which by the favours of this glorious family had been famous throughout the earth for loyalty and fidelity, into that of a rebel, and not be ashamed before one’s God.’ ”