Malijak Darbar
The unattractive boy suffering from chronic trachoma and acute stammer (Tāj-al-salṭana, Ḵāṭerāt, ed. M. Etteḥādīya and S. Saʿdvandīān, Tehran, 1362 Š./1983, pp. 18, 23-24), apparently became the substitute for the shah’s favorite cat, Babrī Khan, who had been put to death as a result of jealousy in the harem towards Amīna Aqdas, the honorary keeper of Babrī (Tāj-al-salṭana, Ḵāṭerāt, pp. 15, 17-18).