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brother he gave the fort and principality of Pannella; and his 
successors retain it to this day. His own destiny was less fortu- 
nate; for having been made a prisoner by Aurungzebe, through 
the treachery of Cablis Caun, whom he esteemed as his most 
confidential friend, he was brought into the imperial presence, 
and on refusing to apostatize, the bigotted despot condemned him 
to a cruel death; so cruel, and so strikingly descriptive of Au« 
mngzebe’s character, that I shall transcribe the tragic scene from 
Orme’s Historical Fragments. 
“ Sambajee appeared before Aurungzebe with undaunted brow; 
who reproached Cablis Caun, not with his treachery, but the en- 
couragement which his prostituted ministry had given to vices 
which at length had led his sovereign to ruin, and ordered him 
to instant death. To Sambajee he proffered life, and rank in his 
service, if he would turn Mahomeclan; who answered by an invec- 
tive against the prophet, and the land of his own gods. On which 
he was dressed in the fantastic ornaments of a wandering Indian 
devotee, who beg in villages with a rattle and a cap with bells. In 
this garb he was tied, looking backwards, upon a camel, and led 
through the camp, calling upon all the Rajepoots he saw to kill 
him; but none dared. After the procession, his tongue was cut 
out, as the penal ty of blaspheming Mahomet. In this forlorn con- 
dition, Aurungzebe, by a message, again offered to preserve his 
life, if he would be converted; when he wrote, “ Not if you would 
give me your daughter in marriage on which his execution was 
ordered, and performed, by cutting out his heart; after which his 
limbs and body were separated, and altogether were thrown to dogs 
prepared to devour them.” 
