New History of the Marathas v1.c17.36

v1.c17.36

Akbar himself quickly followed this letter and journeying through Khandesh and Baglan via Nasik and Trimbak into north Konkan, arrived on 1st June at Pāli near Nāgothnā, 25 miles north of Raigad. Here Sambhājī’s men met and accommodated him. This village Pāli on account of the Shahzada’s residence, came thenceforward to be named Pādshāhpur. Immediately on his arrival at this place, the western monsoon made its usual appearance, adding in no small degree to the discomforts of a small hut thatched with hay, with mud walls plastered in cowdung and covered with white cloth. Here the Mughal Prince had now to live, a youth who had been brought up in the splendid palaces of Delhi, where even the carpeted marble floor was never too soft for his feet. Sambhājī at once sent Hiroji Farzand and Netaji Pālkar to wait upon the Prince with a present of a pearl necklace, an aigrette and 1000 mohurs. They provided him accommodation and rations only of the barest kind. Netāji Pālkar, the only elderly person who had knowledge of the imperial life and manners of the north, was posted to remain with Akbar, charged with the duty of looking after his comforts. Hiroji returned to Raigad to report to the king upon the event.