The Book of ʿĀlamgīr 3: Mir Jumla Mu'azzam Khan.

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[After the conquest of Zafarabad and Kalyan, and the return of Aurangzeb from Bijapur, where he had failed in obtaining full success, through the opposition and malevolence of Dara Shukoh, he left 'Umdatu-s Saltanatu-l Kahira Mu'azzam Khan, with a part of the Imperial army, in the vicinity of Bijapur, to realize a sum of a hundred lacs of rupees as tribute from 'Adil Khan, by the promise of which the retreat of Aurangzeb had been obtained. The intrigues of Dara Shukoh, who did his best to defeat this arrangement, and the mischievous disturbing letters which he sent to 'Adil Khan and his nobles, brought this desirable settlement to nought. His Majesty Shah Jahan, who at that time took no very active part in the affairs of government, was influenced by the urgent representations of that weak-minded (Dara Shukoh), and summoned Mu'azzam Khan to court. In obedience to this order, the Khan marched with the force under his command to Aurangabad, intending to proceed from thence to the capital. This movement at such a time seemed injurious to the State, and encouraging to the turbulence of the Dakhinis. Mu'azzam Khan had no sinister object in proceeding to the capital; but Aurangzeb, as a matter of prudence and of State policy, made him prisoner and detained him in the Dakhin. When Dara Shukoh obtained information of this arrest, his malignity and jealousy led him to persuade the Emperor that it was all a trick and conspiracy between the Khan and Aurangzeb. By this he so worked upon the feelings and fears of the Emperor that he roused his suspicions against Muhammad Amin Khan, son of Mu'azzam Khan, who then held the office of Mir Bakhshi at Court, and obtained permission to secure his person. Accordingly Dara Shukoh summoned Muhammad Amin to his house and made him prisoner. After he had been in confinement three or four days, intelligence of the true state of the case and of the innocence of Muhammad Amin reached the Emperor, and he, being satisfied of the facts, released Muhammad Amin from durance.]