Storia do Mogor 193.3

193.3

It was sad to see this king carried off upon an elephant openly. He was removed to the tent of Prince A'zam Tara, where he was kept waiting for more than an hour in the sun until the prince awoke. As the heat was very great, he asked a man who was distributing water, as is the custom among the Mahomedans, for charity's sake to favour him with a vessel of water to drink. The kind-hearted man was about to comply, when the armed men round the elephant interposed, saying that prisoners were not allowed to drink without the leave of their captors. But at the entreaty of others they permitted him in the end to drink. I know not if there could be greater misery for a king than to be unable even to drink water when absolutely necessary.