Storia do Mogor 65.39.8

65.39.8

Armed with this single weapon hidden in a bag of brocade, he went to the place where Jiwan Khan was sitting. As soon as he got within sight of him the guards stopped the eunuch, and asked why he had come. The courageous Farldun (Farldun) — this being the name of the skilful plotter — replied that he had been sent by his prince to present to Jiwan Khan a jewel contained in the brocade bag. The announcement was made to Jiwan Khan, who, urged by self-interest, ordered the man to be brought forthwith to his presence. Farldun, making with great respect the accustomed bows, came close with the bag laid upon his two hands as if about to present it. On Jiwan Khan extending his hands to take the present, Farldun let off the pistol, which he carried ready cocked. It missed fire ! When Fortune takes arms against a man in misfortune, neither apparatus nor plans, however excellent, are anything but mistakes and failures ! And of a truth, had this plot of Farldun's taken effect, then, during the confusion that would unfailingly have arisen among Jiwan Khan's men, Prince Dara would have been free to make off into Persian territory as he had intended.