Storia do Mogor 65.41.4

65.41.4

When within sight of the fortress a poor faqir shouted to him : ' O Dara ! when you were master you always gave me alms ; to-day I know well thou hast naught to give me.' The prince at once raised his hand to his shoulder, drew off the dark, dingy-coloured shawl that served him as a cloak and threw it to the faqir. But Bahadur Khan, who was close by, ordered it to be taken away, saying that a prisoner had no right to bestow anything. Then the irate faqir uttered a thousand abusive words against Jiwan Khan, who was present. In this way they arrived opposite the royal palace, where the prince was forced to halt for two hours, made a mark for the eyes of everybody, sitting on a little elephant badly equipped, subject to the heat of the midday sun, and ill-clad— a melancholy spectacle, creating compassion in all those who saw him. For in such brief space was this prince, so mighty, so rich, so famous, so powerful, reduced to the last stages of misery. There stood the poor prince awaiting the sentence to be passed upon him ; and Aurangzeb, to still further affront him, wanted to send an order for him to descend from his elephant and come into the presence on foot, just as he was, in chains. But Shaistah Khan counselled him that it was not wise to act thus, for many reasons. He was carried outside the city to a garden called Gecederabad (Khizrabad), which lies on the bank of the Jamnah. It had been planted by Shahjahan for his repose when he went out to the chase.