Mughal Administration c11.67
Mughal Administration c11.67
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c11.67
About 1695 Aurangzib learnt from a news-writer that "Ibrahim Khan, the governor of Bengal, in excess of pomp and pride, used to hold court sitting on a couch (*charpai*), while the qazi and other officers of Canon Law had to sit in humility on the floor. The Emperor immediately sent a sharp letter to the governor, telling him that if he was unable to sit on the ground by reason of any disease, he should urge his doctors to cure him soon.” (Hamid-ud-din’s *Ahkam*, § 64.)