The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.201
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.201
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Indeed he was a great king; for he knew that the good ruler is he who can command, simultaneously, the obedience, the respect, the love, and the fear of his subjects. He was a prince beloved of all, firm with the great, kind to those of low estate, and just to all men, high and low, neighbour or stranger, Christian, Saracen, or Gentile; so that every man believed that the King was on his side. He lived in the fear of God, to whom he never failed to pray four times daily,