[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 65.5.8 # Storia do Mogor 65.5.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.5.8 - **Language:** English ### [65.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.5.8) Equally terrifying was the sentence passed on one of his slaves. For just as he was liberal in giving rewards, he was equally exacting of obedience. Shahjahan had among his slaves one that he was very fond of, called Saadet Can (Sa'adat Khan) — that is to say, 'Efficacious.' He had an income of fifty thousand rupees, and was lord over two thousand horse. He was in charge of the betel consumed by the king, and to him was given one of the Portuguese women who had been taken prisoners at Ugulim (Hugli). The king saw several times that Sa'adat Khan gave away betel to the nobles at court. Shahjahan enjoined him not to give betel to anyone, and to remember this order. Sa'adat Khan, paying little heed to such an order, and relying on the love the king bore him, distributed the betel secretly. One day it so happened, unluckily for him, that the king saw him give betel to a noble \[137\] of the court. But he dissembled. At the end of the audience Shahjahan went into the garden, and without compunction ordered him to be beaten to death in his own presence. He said: 'This is what those deserve who do not obey the king's orders,' whereat the nobles trembled, and served him in fear. - [Previous: 65.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.5.7) - [Next: 65.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.6.1) - [Up: 65.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.5.8) · Pramāṇa