Storia do Mogor 211.3.5

211.3.5

Kam Bakhsh answered that, without a doubt, the kingdom was his, as of right, because, said he, ' I am the son of a king, while the others are only sons of a prince.' Then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he added, ' But be it as God wills !' This last reason was extremely pleasing to the king, and on this account he esteemed this son more than ever, and raised his previous income. All the same, he did not allow his feelings to appear, but kept them hidden in his heart. Then he said, as a general answer to them all, that their claims were still in the remote future ; for the calculators had assured him that he was to reign one hundred and twenty years, and to their findings he accorded implicit faith. Nevertheless, the cunning monarch only said this in order to see if any one of the sons would say anything more, betraying any passion or grief at what he had said. But no one opened his mouth : the example of the imprisonment and death of Sultan Muhammad was more than enough to keep them within the limits of humility and of filial and prudent obedience.