Mughal Administration c11.69
Mughal Administration c11.69
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c11.69
“From the news-letter of the province of Kabul the Emperor learnt that Muhammad Muazzam Bahadur Shah when holding Court used to sit on a platform raised one yard above the ground. The Emperor wrote on the page of the report—
(*Verses*) ‘It is not by mere wishing that our works are done.
God’s grace is necessary in every thing.
You cannot secure the seat of great ones
by mere rash acts...
Two strict mace-bearers should be sent to make him get down from his seat in open court and to dismantle the platform.’” (*Ahkam*, § 15.)