Dara, because he was the eldest son and expected to succeed to the crown, did not quit the court of his father. Chah-Jehan, appearing to encourage that expectation, authorised his son to issue orders, and permitted him to occupy an inferior throne, placed among the Omrahs, beneath his own;22 so that two kings seemed to reign with almost equal power;23 but there is reason to believe that the Mogol practised much duplicity, and that, notwithstanding the respectful and affectionate [Page 16] demeanour of Dara, his father was never cordially attached to him.
