Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c13.s5.14

v1.c13.s5.14

In the final reply which Dēva Rāya gave him, we have a sort of public apology for the scanty treatment that was meted out to the ambassador of a great king. 'Abdur Razzāq says: "On the day of my audience of leave, the monarch said to this poor individual, 'They have represented that you are not really the envoy of His Majesty Mīrzā Shāh Rūkh; otherwise we would have paid you greater respect. If you should come again into this country, and I should ascertain that you are really sent on a mission by His Majesty, I will pay you such attention as becomes the dignity of my empire'."²