[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) › 3.7.1 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.7.1 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.7.1 - **Language:** English ### [3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.7.1) Another story is this:—Chah-Jehan, displeased with some rude and coarse answer made by the Persian ambassador, was provoked to say, 'Eh-bed-bakt! has then Chah-Abas no gentleman in his court that he sends me such a fool?' 'O, yes! the court of my Sovereign abounds with men far more polite and accomplished than I am; but he adapts the Ambassador to the King.' One day, Chah-Jehan having invited the ambassador to dine in his presence, and seeking, as usual, an occasion to discompose and vex him, while the Persian was busily employed in picking a great many bones, the King said coolly, 'Eh Elchy-Gy (Well, My Lord Ambassador), what shall the dogs eat?' 'Kichery,' was the prompt answer; a favourite dish with Chah-Jehan, which he was then indulging in,—Kichery being a mess of vegetables, the general food of the common people. The Mogol inquiring what he thought of his new Dehli, then building, as compared to Ispahan; he answered aloud, and with an oath, 'Billah! billah! Ispahan cannot be compared to the dust of your Dehli:' which reply the King took as a high encomium upon his favourite city, though the ambassador intended it in sportive derision, the dust being intolerable in Dehli. - [Previous: 3.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.6.7) - [Next: 3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.7.2) - [Up: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.7.1) · Pramāṇa