LETTER LXIII.

Exalted son, may the Great God protect thee. I wanted to make Diánat Khán Abdūl Kádir the secretary to (my) grandson Bahádūr*; but his name does not agree with his nature (i.e., he is dishonest—Diánat Khán means ‘the honest Khán’). Honesty is not to be expected from him.