Storia do Mogor 118.3

118.3

One day, speaking about the reception given by Aurangzeb to his ambassador, Shah 'Abbas complained of the unusual ceremonial. Among other things they said to Tarbiyat Khan that the Blackamoor (meaning Aurangzeb) ought not to forget that it was the kings of Persia who established his family in Hindustan; for without their help never would his ancestor, Humayun, have returned there as king. The ambassador answered that it was the truth, but equally should the Shah recollect that his predecessors were given the kingdom of Persia by Taimur-i-lang. Shah 'Abbas was amused at such an answer, and as a reward made him drink a cup of wine by force. It was not a little of an insult to the ambassador to see himself forced to do such a thing. Having exhausted their stock of jests with the ambassador, when he had been there a year they asked him one day who his two followers were, about whom on every day of visit Shah 'Abbas made jokes. Tarbiyat Khan replied they were the public reporter and the secret reporter, who informed Aurangzeb of all that took place. Shah 'Abbas laughed, and in a loud voice said to him that one must necessarily assume he was a man of little sense and of slight consideration, seeing that the king had given him such followers and had not trusted in him.