Storia do Mogor 281.14.2

281.14.2

Ghiyaz-ud-din Khan carried out his orders, and bestowed a thousand caresses on the ambassador. In the letter submitted to the king, he represented that the said lord (Norris) had not done wrong in any way, that he had been a long time at the court, where he had been at great expense without obtaining what he wanted, a result sufficiently vexing. 'This is the reason,' he said, 'why I pray your majesty to grant his requests, since he has besought me to intercede with your mightiness on his behalf.' Upon receipt of this letter the king wrote one to the King of England in which, after the usual compliments, he assured him that he would protect the nation in all things that depended upon him, and would cause justice to be done to the English on all necessary occasions, so far as they were in the right. As a present he sent a sword and a poignard with gold hilts adorned with stones, valued at fifty thousand rupees. These were brought by a gurzbardar (mace-bearer) carrying a silver mace. This man's name was Maamad Alibeg (Muhammad 'Ali Beg), and he reached the ambassador on January 22, 1702. At this time news came to the court that the governor of Surat, named Daniscan (sic), had taken by force from the English merchants there merchandise worth 184,000 rupees or more. These goods he had made over to Abdulgafour ('Abd-ul-Ghafur) by way of recompense [39] for the injury he had suffered from pirates.