[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c16.s2.35 # Shivaji and His Times c16.s2.35 Shivaji and His Times c16.s2.35 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.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\*. - [Previous: c16.s2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c16.s2.34) - [Next: c16.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c16.s2.36) - [Up: c16.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c16.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c16.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c16.s2.35) · Pramāṇa