Storia do Mogor 203.5.2

203.5.2

This Nawab, having been sent by the king to govern the Karnatik, went before starting to take leave of this princess, because he was married to one of her relations. She presented him with a box for betel-leaf and a spittoon of gold, all covered with precious stones. A year afterwards the king sent his son, Kam Bakhsh, to the same place, for reasons of state, under charge of the wazir, Asad Khan, father of the Nawab above named. He, too (the wazir), went to bid good-bye to the same princess ; she gave him a present of another box for betel, which was only of enamelled silver. Asad Khan, seeing a present of such small value, complained, and said that at the least he deserved a present equal to that of his son, for he was the father, and held higher rank, being, moreover, chief minister of the empire. The princess in reply said there was a difference, he (the son) being her relation, while he (the father) was only in their service. The good man was overcome by this retort, and having made her an obeisance such as is rendered to the king — this being done to all persons of the blood royal, however distantly related they may be — he retired.