Storia do Mogor 66.3.1

66.3.1

The aged Rajah of Srinagar felt greatly the vileness of the deed carried out by his only son, and so great was his sorrow that in a short space he ended his days under the disgrace, saying he would sooner have lost his territory and all his wealth than that his son should be guilty of such an act of infamy. This rajah was a great friend of the Jesuit fathers, and had accorded them leave to build churches, and allowed everyone who chose to profess the religion of Christ. I knew two Italian priests, great friends of this rajah, Father Etanilao Malpique, and Father Chesco. Aurangzeb was still in need of confirmation by the chief qazi, who is their supreme pontiff, before he could become absolute monarch and judge in all criminal matters, with power of condemning to death or pardoning whomsoever he pleased. The reason was that the chief qazi, and the inferior qazis objected to his confirmation during the lifetime of the Emperor Shahjahan, and their sorrow still was fresh for the blood of his brothers that he had shed. He, therefore, created another qazi named Abdulbahab ('Abd-ul-wahhab), a man of humble origin, who, being under obligation to him for the dignity thus conferred, confirmed his right to the throne. Reasons for consecrating a king can never be wanting to an unjust judge who seeks only his own interests.