[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) › c8.s30.2 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.2 Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.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.) - [Previous: c8.s30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.1) - [Next: c8.s30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.3) - [Up: c8.s30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.2) · Pramāṇa