Storia do Mogor 65.12.7

65.12.7

Anxious to rise in life, Mir Jumlah made a present to the King of Gulkhandah of some fine elephants and various cloths of Europe and of China. In this way he was well received, and obtained an appointment with good pay. He filled various honourable offices, and in all of them gave a good account of himself, and the king thought so highly of him that he made him governor of the Carnatte (Karnatik) province. There he was on terms of familiarity with and much esteemed by the great ; and above all, he kept up a great friendship with Dom Phelipe Mascarenha, Viceroy of Goa. They sent each other presents. Dom Phelipe sent him several kinds of brocade and porcelain from China, accompanied by many curiosities from Japan. Besides these, he sent him some ' armes blanches ' — a breast-plate, a morion, and a sword. All of these were much prized by Mir Jumlah, and he made use of them on necessary occasions in battle. He replied to these gifts by sending a number of jewels and diamonds, which he extracted from the mines that are in the said province of Karnatik. During the time of his government in the Karnatik, Mir Jumlah gathered together the great treasures which then existed in that province in the ancient temples of the Hindu idols. Besides these, others were discovered by his exertions in the said province, for which (i.e., precious stones) it is very famous.