Storia do Mogor 210.3.6

210.3.6

In addition to all this, it is not alone the Mogul's officials who cause the maladministration, but the prince himself many a time does not keep his word. For he may make, be it to a prince or to a subject, the present of a province or of some allowance from it, or some other thing of considerable extent ; and he may confirm it by the royal farmdn usually issued in such cases (I will give a delineation of one further on). Nevertheless, it often happens that the present Mogul has no hesitation in falsifying his word and that of others, and making a mock of his own farmans. As an example of what I say, Shahjahan had given a village to 'All Mardan Khan, quite near the river Chenon (Chinab); it was called Nicader (Nikodar). It was given in perpetuity, for himself and his descendants. Aurangzeb, disregarding the word of his father and his king, and without the commission of any fault by 'All Mardan Khan, took possession of the place and ousted the possessor. He did just the same to Rajah Jai Singh, and occupied the lands conquered by that noble from the rebel Mewatls and those in the province of Saomber (Sambhar). This is just the way he behaved to Shiva jT, as I have related (II. 17). The Hindu king, the Rana, and many others that I do not mention, have suffered from the same sort of deception, not to call it anything more.