The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.5.3

29.5.3

letter, making him hopeful of the royal favour, and urging him to come in. This they sent direct to Bi-daulat, and he, becoming suspicious of Zahid K., imprisoned him with his three sons. Zahid K. is s. Shaja‘at K., who was one of the Amirs and trusted servants of my revered father. I had patronized this wretch in consideration of his claims of service and of his position as a house-born one (khana-zad), and given him the title of Khan and the rank of 1,500, and had sent him with Bi-daulat for the conquest of the Deccan. When I summoned the Amirs of that quarter on account of the business of Qandahar, although a special farman of urgency was sent to him, the wretch did not come to Court, and gave himself out as an adherent and devoted servant of Bi-daulat. After the defeat near Delhi, he turned back. Though he had not a family, he had not the good fortune to pay his respects, or to cleanse the dust of shame and the stain of sin from the tablet of his forehead. At last the True Recompenser caught him on this day, and his property, to the extent of one lac and Rs. 30,000, was confiscated by Bi-daulat. When thou hast done evil, think not thyself free of calamities For retribution is according to natural law.