Storia do Mogor 65.8.8

65.8.8

The same thing that happened to his grandfather Akbar also happened to Shahjahan, when he had made up his mind to make war upon the Rana, a Hindu king. He sent for his wazlr, Sa'dullah Khan, to come to the palace at an unusual hour, and directed him to prepare the army secretly for a campaign against the said Rana. Coming out of the fortress, Sa'dullah Khan heard [147] a Ragateira woman, who cried out to her husband, calling him a lazy, idle fellow ; he must get up at once and go to buy whatever was required before starting against the Rana, whose territories the king intended to invade. Hearing this, the wazir returned to court and related to Shahjahan all that he had heard. At once the king sent out spies to discover what was being said. These men came back and reported that the common people in the city said openly that the king would march against the Rana. This report caused the king to abandon his intention, and the Rana made terms with him, ceding some territory and paying a considerable sum of money. The Ragateira woman arrived at her opinion because the wazir had been sent for to the palace during the night, and since the people of Industan (Hindustan) are great gossips, as I have said earlier (I. 87), they sometimes get hold of the truth.