History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c68.s6.2

v4.c68.s6.2

To the Muslims the dog is an unclean animal. But this dog had played the part of the sacred geese of the Capitoline Hill during the Gallic invasion of Rome. Abul Hasan rewarded his canine deliverer by giving it a gold chain, a collar set with jewels, and a gold embroidered coat, and styling it Seh-tabqa or "Peer of three degrees,"—in mockery of Firuz Jang's three titles of Khan, Bahadur, and Jang,—and remarking wittily "This creature has done no less a deed (than Firuz Jang)!"