Storia do Mogor 65.28.8

65.28.8

At a short distance from his tents he was met by an officer, Ibrahim Khan. This was the man who advised Dara, after the river passage had been forced, to send off twelve thousand cavalry against Aurangzeb, as I have related (I. 185). After a salutation he approached, and laying hold of the prince's reins, asked in a low voice, with a perturbed face, where he was going. Murad Bakhsh replied very quietly that he was on his way to declare himself absolute monarch. The officer replied : ' I rejoice greatly ; but what is the necessity for your highness to go to another's house, when with greater security you can carry it out in your own ?' Saying this, he gently turned Murad Bakhsh's horse round. But he in a rage resumed his course, and the officer, seeing the deliberate resolve and determination of the prince, said aloud : ' Your majesty is on your way to prison.' Hearing this, Shahbaz would not lose this occasion, and drawing up to his master, prayed him for the love of God and the great Muhammad to be pleased to accept the advice of the officer. But Murad Bakhsh laid his hand on his sword, and exclaimed : ' Asman que si bahader nis ' (Az man kase bahadur nist) — that is to say, ' None is braver than I am.' He went on until he reached the entrance to the tent of Aurangzeb. At this moment the qazi came out, and while making a lowly reverence, whispered : ' With your feet you have come,' meaning thereby that when he came out it would be against his will.