Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.2

c8.s30.2

In one town they were arrested on suspicion by the faujdar Ali Quli, who had learnt of Shivaji's flight from a letter of his Court agent before he received the official intimation of it. A close examination of the prisoners was begun. But at midnight Shivaji met the faujdar in private, boldly disclosed his identity and offered him a diamond and a ruby worth a lakh of Rupees as the price of his liberation. The faujdar preferred the bribe to his duty. (K. K. ii. 218.)