Storia do Mogor 111.7

111.7

Monsieur Bernier favoured them in various matters, principally by speaking to Dānishmand Khān, his disciple. This man was advocate in the cause of all the ambassadors who came to the Mogul country. Thus they obtained an audience. There the king conferred on each a sarāpā (robes) of brocade, and directed that the sums necessary for their subsistence while at court should be disbursed. A short time afterwards they were allowed to depart, again receiving sarāpā (robes), and six thousand rupees—two thousand to the Armenian, and four thousand to the Arab. By this division Aurangzeb wished to favour more the latter, being of his own religion, although he had a very ugly face and was very short. If the King of Ethiopia had really sent an embassy, it is certain that he would never have selected such an ugly being.