New History of the Marathas v1.c17.44

v1.c17.44

21 June 1681. “Sultan Akbar is at Pāli. He is a white man of middle stature of about 25 years of age. He is lodged in a large house covered with straw. It is lined with white Calico and spread with ordinary carpets. He sits open, with but one man of note Durgādās, a Rajput in great esteem with his master. He has about five hundred horse and but fifty camels. Sambhājī Raja’s men keep guard. Four or five days ago came to him from Sambhājī Rajah a person of great esteem, Hiroji Farzand with a letter and presents.”