Stories of Birbal
Mullaa uses his head
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One time it happened so that the Mullaa
Nasruddin displeasured the Sultan, so the Sultan asked one of his men to slay
him and bring him his head.
The Mullaa was very upset with this. He went to
Birbal and asked him how to save himself. Birbal said, "It is a difficult
situation but let me try. Rest is your luck." And he told him how to act.
The Mullaa, however, could persuade the man to
take him alive to the court. Sultan was very furious seeing Mullaa alive in his
court. He asked the soldier, "Didn't I tell you to bring Mullaa's head to
the Court, not the Mullaa himself?" The Mullaa Nasruddin said
politely, "It is not his fault, Huzoor. I asked him to do so. You know
whenever you want anything done, I don't trust anybody else lest it is badly
done. So I thought let me do it myself. So I decided to bring my head myself on
my shoulder. My head is here, Huzoor."
Akbar was very pleased with this defense that
he allowed Mullaa to keep his head on his shoulder.
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