[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) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Muntakhab al-lubāb](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab) › [Muntakhabu-l Lubab, of Khafi Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot) › 14 # Muntakhab al-lubab 14: Imprisonment of Murad Bakhsh. Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 14 - **Language:** English ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.14) \[vol. ii. p. 37.\] This simple-minded Prince had some good qualities; but in the honesty of his heart and trustfulness of his disposition, he had never given heed to the saying of the great man (Sa'di) that two kings cannot be contained in one kingdom. He was deluded by flattering promises, and by the presents of money, etc., which had been sent to him, but they were deposits or loans rather than gifts. \* \* \* On the 4th Shawwal, while they were encamped at Mathura, twenty-five kos from Agra, Murad Bakhsh was made prisoner by a clever trick, which was aided by fortune, and into the particulars of which it is needless to enter. Chains were placed upon his feet. That same night four elephants with covered howdas were sent off in four different directions, each under two or three sardars and an escort. The elephant which was sent to the fort of Salim-garh carried the prisoner Murad Bakhsh. This precaution was taken lest the partisans of the Prince should fall upon the howda in which he was confined. All the treasure and effects of Murad Bakhsh, not one dam or diram of which was plundered, was confiscated. - [Previous: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.13) - [Next: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.14) · Pramāṇa