Takmilah i Akbar-namah 11: Reconciliation of Prince Salim.
Takmila-i Akbar-náma, of ’Ináyatu-lla (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 11
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The Sultana Salima Begam, having interceded between His Majesty and the young prince Salim, reconciled the monarch to the wonted exercise of paternal affection, while at the same time she also procured for Salim the pardon of Akbar’s august mother. When the Prince approached the capital, that venerable matron proceeded some days’ journey to meet him, and brought him to her own private abode. Even His Majesty, to conciliate his illustrious son, advanced several steps to receive him. * * After a short interval, His Majesty conferred on him the royal diadem, which is the main source of ornament to the Court and Sovereignty, and the chief light of the pomp of royalty.