The Book of Akbar 38.4

38.4

This Aman Das was an ill-disposed crafty fellow. He constantly opposed the will of his father, and engaged in evil pursuits. His father several times put him in confinement, and then endeavoured to bind him with covenants and promises. But the graceless fellow again relapsed into his evil courses, and having been guilty of some disgraceful actions, he fled to Raja Nar Sing Deo, grandfather of Raja Ram Chandar of Panna. Raja Nar Sing treated him as a son, and when the Raja went to attend upon Sultan Sikandar Lodi, he left him behind with his son Parbihan, who was then a minor. There he acted with great intelligence. His father, Arjun Das, being dissatisfied with his ill-conducted son, appointed his son Jogi Das to be his heir; but he, having regard to his elder brother’s rights, did not accept this position.