Storia do Mogor 80.4

80.4

After these endearments Aurangzeb wrote to his father asking for a gift of the jewels still under his control. Shahjahan replied with a stiff letter, wherein he said that if ever again he dared to talk of such things, he (Shahjahan) had by him a metal mortar and a pestle wherewith to reduce the jewels to powder; nor would Aurangzeb ever get the jewels until thus made useless. But in place of the jewels asked for he sent him the loyal Acetcan (Asad Khan), a person whom he strongly recommended, declaring that he might be more safely trusted than any other living being. Others had been rebels to the father, and thus, on the occasion arising, they would also rebel against the son. On the other hand, Asad Khan had never wished to forsake his king, and would without fail be loyal to the son under every circumstance.