Shivaji and His Times c16.s2.35

c16.s2.35

"The next morning [25th March] we were sent for again in the Rajah's name. We were admitted into his presence. I was placed so near him on his right hand that I could touch him. With him we continued about two hours, which was most part spent in answering many of his questions. At length we presented him our paper of desires [previously "translated into the country language"], which after had been read to him with a little pause, seriously looking on us, [he] said that it was all granted us. He would give us a *farman* for all." But the siege of Phonda, which Shivaji began immediately afterwards, delayed the granting of such a *farman*.