Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s6.t1.38

v1.c20.s6.t1.38

Letter of Remonstrance to Aurangzeb.—On the promulgation of that barbarous edict, the jizya, the Rana remonstrated by letter, in the name of the nation of which he was the head, in a style of such uncompromising dignity, such lofty yet temperate resolve, so much of soul-stirring rebuke mingled with a boundless and tolerating benevolence, such elevated ideas of the Divinity with such pure philanthropy, that it may challenge competition with any epistolary production of any age, clime, or condition.²