▁The ▁pri ests ▁were ▁reported ly ▁over jo yed , ▁falling ▁to ▁their ▁kne es ▁and ▁kiss ing ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁feet . ▁Sir ▁William ▁Haw kins , ▁a ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁present ▁at ▁court , ▁believed ▁that ▁Jah ang ir ▁had ▁only ▁permitted ▁the ▁conversion ▁to ▁mit ig ate ▁any ▁support ▁his ▁nep he ws ▁would ▁have ▁had ▁among ▁the ▁Muslim ▁nobles , ▁which ▁would ▁have ▁otherwise ▁complicated ▁his ▁own ▁pro gen y ' s ▁succession ▁to ▁the ▁throne . ▁Alternatively , ▁James ▁I ' s ▁amb assador ▁to ▁India , ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Ro e , ▁claimed ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁done ▁so ▁that ▁Jah ang ir ▁would ▁in ▁turn ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁claim ▁a ▁Portuguese ▁wife . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁after ▁thre emon th s ▁of ▁prepar ation ▁the ▁princes ▁were ▁declared ▁ready ▁for ▁bapt ism . ▁H ush ang , ▁his ▁elder ▁brothers ▁T ah m uras ▁and ▁B ays ung har , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁fourth pr ince , ▁a ▁grand son ▁of ▁Ak bar ' s ▁brother ▁Mir za ▁Muhammad ▁H ak im , ▁went ▁in ▁a ▁gl itter ing ▁process ion ▁through ▁A gra , ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁Christians ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁from ▁the ▁fort ▁to ▁Ak bar ' s ▁Church . ▁The ▁princes ▁rode ▁on ▁lav ish ly ▁cap ar ison ed ▁ele ph ants , ▁dressed ▁as ▁Portuguese ▁nobles ▁with ▁gold ▁cross es ▁hung ▁around ▁their ▁ne cks . ▁The ▁church ▁b ells ▁rang ▁as ▁they ▁entered , ▁holding ▁cand les