Storia do Mogor 48.5

48.5

He then directed that every month they should give me eighty rupees of pay, a sum equal to forty patacas. He ordered them to deliver to me at once, in his presence, a serpao (sarāpā) and thirty rupees and a good horse. He put me in the charge of one of his trusted eunuchs called Coja Mosquis (Khwājah Miskīn), with instructions to look after the little European and see that he was well trained and educated. I returned thanks to the prince, and seeing how well Dara was inclined towards me, I prayed for leave to entreat another favour — that is to say, the liberty of the two English prisoners; and through the mediation of the prince, they were released in a few days by order of the king.