Storia do Mogor 281.25.4

281.25.4

To this Da,ud Khan added the words: 'He is also my physician and my father.' These last words were said by the general because from his early youth, when I still lived in the Mogul country, he had called me 'father.' Falling into a great rage, he ordered the agent to put such pressure on his master that the captive fathers, the Roman Brahmans, should be set at liberty and the Christians allowed to live according to their religion. He added: 'If you do not obey my commands I will have you put to death, and wage continual war against your master. Do not fail thus to write to him. I also require him to restore all the property that has been confiscated from the Christians.' The envoy upon receiving these orders wrote in the above sense to his prince, and described the manner in which he had been treated by Da,ud Khan. The cause of this harshness was the persecution he had commenced against the Christians, and the confiscation of their goods. He prayed, therefore, first of all for the release of the Jesuit fathers, known as the Roman Brahmans, the cessation of all persecution of his Christian subjects, and the rebuilding of the ruined churches. As a consequence of these acts, he stood in danger of his life, and his majesty ran the risk of a war if these demands were not conceded.