Later Mughals v1.c6.s29.5

v1.c6.s29.5

Altogether it was a brave show, and evidently there was much eagerness to see the strangers. About two miles from Lahor they met a four-wheeled carriage covered with red silk curtains and they were told that it contained Donna Juliana and four of the principal women of the harem. They had been sent out by Bahadur Shah to bring him an account of the procession. The three agents, or wakils, employed by the Dutch Company to watch their interests at Court, now appeared. One rode an elephant bearing a green and white silk banner, the other two were in *palkis*. Many horsemen and armed servants surrounded them. When they saw the envoy they alighted and came on foot to greet him, presenting several gold coins and Rupees, which he touched and remitted. They then remounted and took the head of the procession. At three o'clock they drew near their tents which were pitched in good order near the Emperor's artillery, and here several noblemen received them.