Storia do Mogor 65.42.5

65.42.5

On receipt of Aurangzeb's orders, I'tibar Khan, to comply with them, waited until the hour when Shahjahan had sat down to dinner. When he had begun to eat, I'tibar Khan entered with the box and laid it before the unhappy father, saying: 'King Aurangzeb, your son, sends this plat to your majesty, to let him see that he does not forget him.' The old emperor said : ' Blessed be God that my son still remembers me.' The box having been placed upon the table, he ordered it with great eagerness to be opened. Suddenly, on withdrawing the lid, he discovered the face of Prince Dara. Horrified, he uttered one cry and fell on his hands and face upon the table, and, striking against the golden vessels, broke some of his teeth and lay there apparently lifeless. Begam Sahib and the other women present began to wail, beat their breasts, tear their hair, break their ornaments, and rend their garments.