Storia do Mogor 354.5.7

354.5.7

These princes, in their efforts to get him out of prison, made use of a shepherd. This man carried daily to the captive a vessel of milk for him to drink, and inside it they placed some files, by means of which in time he got rid of his fetters. The day fixed for his flight was the day following the conclusion of their fast in the year 1706, a day on which Mahomedans have great festivities and dances. When this day had arrived he (Bahadur Khãn) feigned severe illness [138], threw himself on his bed, and groaned just as if he had really been attacked by a mortal malady. The sentries, believing that Bahadur Khãn was really suffering from illness, went off to watch the dancing and the fireworks.