Storia do Mogor 65.7.5

65.7.5

Once Shahjahan was much incensed against a Pathan officer, whom he suspected of treachery, and he meant to order the man's execution. The officer got word of this and fled, with the whole of his troops. When the king learnt of this flight, he inquired wrathfully [142] from those present which of them would undertake to lay before him the head of that rebel. The son of the fugitive offered to produce it. Shahjahan gave him an army, and marching off, he overtook his father near the fortress of Gualior (Gwaliyar), where a great contest took place. The fugitive was defeated, and, worn quite out, he took refuge under a tree. There the son came up to him, but having compassion upon his father, offered him horses to continue his flight. He said he would make excuses to the king. The father would not consent; on the contrary, he requested that his head might be cut off, whereby the son might obtain reward at court and continue their race, for he knew well he could never escape. Listening to this advice, the son cut off his father's head, and carried it into the presence of the king. Thus he displayed more loyalty to Shahjahan than love to his father. Their descendants still exist in the Mogul country.