[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 3.6.6 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.6.6 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.6.6 - **Language:** English ### [3.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6.6) The King of Persia's letters, however, either contained some offensive expressions, or Aureng-Zebe took umbrage at the conduct or language of the ambassador; because the King complained, two or three days after the embassy had quitted Dehli, that the horses presented in the name of the Persian Monarch had been hamstrung by order of the ambassador. He commanded, therefore, that he should be intercepted on the frontier, and deprived of all the Indian slaves he was taking away. It is certain that the number of these slaves was most unreasonable; he had purchased them extremely cheap on account of the famine, and it is also said that his servants had stolen a great many children. Aureng-Zebe, during the stay of this embassy at Dehli, was careful to demean himself with strict propriety; unlike his father, Chah-Jehan, who, upon a similar occasion, either provoked the anger of the ambassador of the celebrated Chah-Abas, by an ill-timed haughtiness, or excited his contempt by an unbecoming familiarity. A Persian, who wishes to indulge in any satirical merriment at the expense of the Indians, relates a few such anecdotes as the following. - [Previous: 3.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6.5) - [Next: 3.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6.7) - [Up: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6.6) · Pramāṇa