LETTER CII.

Devoted servant of (my) court, Hūssain Ali Khán* quarrelled with (my) grandson Ma’az-ūd-Din Bahádūr*, and without his permission left him and came here. The prince complains against him. He must be degraded from his post and his ‘jághir’ must be confiscated in order to set an example to others. (Couplet) “Much endurance will make people lose their dignity. When a bow is bent (often) it becomes soft and delicate (i.e., as the bow becomes useless when it is bent often, similarly a man loses his dignity when he is insulted often)”. I take refuge in God from the viles and temptations of passions and evil deeds.