History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c40.s4.10

v3.c40.s4.10

Shah Jahan) as a miserable slave. Once an under-eunuch came to tell him that Shah Jahan was in want of slippers. . . The eunuch, immeasurably stingy, sent him shoes neither of eight Rupees nor of four nor of two, but the common leather shoes. He smiled over it as if he had done some great deed...One day he (Shah Jahan) sent him two violins he used, asking for them to be repaired, and sent inside again as quickly as possible. The eunuch did not trouble himself about having them repaired; then three days afterwards Shah Jahan sent to inquire. At this the eunuch flew into a rage." (*Storia*, ii. 77-78.)