Storia do Mogor 238.8.2

238.8.2

Upon the day of the affair above referred to, Shah 'Alam entered his father's audience followed by so many soldiers, that the doorkeepers sought to hinder the entrance of so many men. In their efforts, involving the use of their sticks, one of them touched the shield of Shah 'Alam. Smiling and slowly turning his head, he ordered them to give the doorkeepers five thousand rupees in proof of his own prudence and generosity, and of the respect in which he held the servants of his father.