Storia do Mogor 65.7.7

65.7.7

A Hindu prince called Champet Bondela (Champat Bundelah) rebelled against Shahjahan, and collecting sixty thousand Rajput horsemen, raised a disturbance in the king's territories, plundering in all directions, committing a thousand insolent acts, and refusing to pay tribute. The king intended to order out a large army against the rebel, while he himself remained among his women. But seeing that his officers were more or less afraid of Champat, Shahjahan asked [143] his astrologer, a Hindu, whether he ought or not to march in person to put down this rebellion. The astrologer replied that, if he wished to have any good result, he must go in person, otherwise the Rajputs would defeat his majesty's army. Having heard the words of the astrologer, the king left the capital at the head of a great army, resolved to attack Champat without delay. But finding the rajah showed a bold front, he halted, and had recourse to the tricks of policy, as counselled by his renowned wazir, Sadulacan (Sa'dullah Khan), a man of great wisdom, one of whose retorts I will relate a little farther on (I. 144). This wazir pledged himself to defeat the rebel without any battle. With this intent he opened a secret correspondence with Champat by friendly letters, sent him some presents, offering to serve him and to act towards him as a friend.