Storia do Mogor 63.1.3

63.1.3

Jahangir, finding these men so easy to deal with, seized every occasion to aggravate them. To this end he ordered the casting of several figures of pigs in solid gold, which he kept in his palaces; and when he awoke from sleep, on seeing these images, he used to say he would rather see the figure of a pig than the face of a Mahomedan. These figures remained until his death, when his son Xaaiahan (Shahjahan), who then became king, ordered them to be buried in front of the royal seat in the fortress of Lahor, where Jahangir usually lived. Many a time I sat there with the governor of the fortress. He used to say to me that if he had the wealth then beneath his body he would be a very rich man. This governor's name was Amanatcan (Amanat Khan), an old man belonging to the times of that king (Jahangir), a great friend of mine and of all Christians ; he delighted to listen to talk about the Gospel. It was in this hall that King Jahangir gave audience ; it was three hundred paces long and two hundred and fifty wide. Among the other things done by Jahangir to annoy the Mahomedans was refusing to fast as they do every year for a whole month. During the daytime they eat and drink nothing ; it is only at night they eat what is then made ready ; during the day they retire [104] and go to sleep. At night they are jovial, taking their meal and conversing with their house fully lighted up. This king (Jahangir) did the exact contrary.