Later Mughals v1.c6.s29.9

v1.c6.s29.9

Re-entering their *palkis* they were carried as far as the screens (*kanats*), in which there were three gates. These screens were made of old carpet and the ground they enclosed was fully two miles in circumference. In the middle stood a very large tent of carpet wrought in silk, gold and silver. At the back was the throne raised on a platform of earth, about five feet in height, covered with very handsome carpets wrought in gold and surrounded by a silver railing at the distance of a hand’s breath. From the middle gate to the large tent a road was marked out by small red silk flags and a lattice-work partition, the ground being covered with carpets. At the gate they were received by the introducer Khadim Beg Khan. It was ordered that all Europeans should be admitted. The introducer took the envoy’s hand, and led him followed by his assistants to the position from which the nobles saluted the Emperor. He was taken past a first railing of wood, close to the silver railing and on the Emperor’s left hand among the group of nobles, with his assistants a few steps behind him. The rest of the Europeans were kept outside the wooden rail. The envoy presented his offering of gold coins and a gold box containing a letter from the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. The assistants also presented their nazars. Islam Khan received that of the envoy ; those of the assistants were taken by Khadim Beg Khan and passed on to Islam Khan. They were shown to the Emperor, who accepted them.