Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s1.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s1.7
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∗ TAh. 101 b, 115 a. I cannot understand this author's remark that "though the Emperor on account of his youth had a pleasure-loving temperament, he possessed perfect intelligence and readiness of reply" or that "no man was more learned than the Emperor" (illustrated by the case of his writing in his own hand a letter in Turki.) TAh. 103a, 104b. If he really possessed such brain power it was completely neutralised by his utter incapacity for action and for judging character and choosing proper agents.