Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s3.2

v1.c14.s3.2

∗ "The mahut took his elephant out of the battlefield and in one day arrived near Koil, about 40 kos away. Everything had been looted. That night the wazir slept on the ground, spreading the housing of his elephant as a bed and eating whatever could be had. Next day the fugitives assembled round him . . . On 22 Shawwal [should be 29th Sh. = 20 Sep.] he entered his own mansion [in Delhi] without visiting the Emperor. For nearly two months he did not come to Court. Then, one day the Emperor, on a visit to a park, passed by the wazir’s mansion and the wazir came out and interviewed him. The Emperor asked about his health and examined his wound, consoling him. When the wound was healed, the wazir came to Court, in shame and alarm." *TAh.* 26b-27a.