Storia do Mogor 294.5.1

294.5.1

Aurangzeb replied that with all his heart he pardoned him, but there was one act for which there was no pardon possible, and he well knew what it was. With these words he withdrew, giving orders for the throne on which he had been seated to be removed to his own quarters. In spite of all the investigations made to find out this fault of Bahadur Khan's, which Aurangzeb would not pardon even on an occasion when nothing is refused, either among Mahomedans or among Hindus, no one ever succeeded in knowing what it was exactly. Only it was suspected that it was something involving the honour of the royal family. However, people murmured at this hard-heartedness of Aurangzeb, and the number of those who talked about it was so great that he was forced to conceal the displeasure which he felt. One man paid for all; and he was the brother-in-law of Sambha Ji, Madou Ji (Madhu Ji) by name. This man's free remarks about the prince's harshness were reported. As he had a large following the king was afraid to chastise him; but, pretending a wish to do him higher honour, Aurangzeb changed his employment, and sent him to command the fortress of Gwaliyar. That place having a full number of troops, the king told him it was unnecessary to take his own men with him. This noble, delighted at the honour that he believed was being done to him in confiding to his charge the chief fortress in Hindustan, obeyed blindly; but as soon as he had entered the place he was decapitated by his majesty's orders.