Storia do Mogor 354.10.7

354.10.7

The chief of these ambassadors is called Giadum (Kya Dun), and the other Neconaoc (Nakkan Nga Ok), both good names. Along with them there was an official called Chiampiu (Kyan Bu), who bore the present, consisting of two big rubies, two thick sapphires, and a large lump of amber. They also carried a letter, the contents of which I do not know, in a round bottle about the length of a finger, closed with Spanish wax, and placed in a bag of azure-blue colour. Their interpreter is a Mahomedan, born in the kingdom of Pegu, called Quedargull (? Khidr Quli). The Nawãb (Dã,ud Khãn) provided them with necessary supplies, as they are without money. When the King of Pegu sent off these ambassadors he ordered six soldiers of his tribe to accompany them, giving to each a sword, and promising that the voyage should not cost them anything, going or coming. To my thinking, this order was out of place. Now that I have spoken of these ambassadors, I will recount what happened to the ambassador of the Persian king, Shãh 'Abbas the Little, at the court of the Grand Turk.