[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Muntakhab al-lubāb](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab) › [Muntakhabu-l Lubab, of Khafi Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot) › 132 # Muntakhab al-lubab 132: Release of Sáhu. Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 132 - **Language:** English ### [132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.132) \[vol. ii. p. 582.\] Zu-l fikar Khan Nusrat Jang was very intimate with Sáhú, grandson of Sivají, and had long been interested in his affairs. He now persuaded A'zam Shah to set this Sáhu at liberty, along with several persons who were his friends and companions. Sáhú, with fifty or sixty men, who were able to accompany him, went off to Mohan Singh, a noted rebellious zamíndár, in the difficult mountain country of Bijagarh, Sultanpur, and Nandurbar. He supplied Sáhú with some necessary equipments, and Sáhu then went on to a Mahratta named Ambu, but more famous under the name of Pánd, who was an active rebel. This man held the fort of Kokarmanda in Sultánpúr, and ravaged the whole country from Surat to Burhánpur. He furnished Sáhu with a body of men, and sent him to his native country and to the lofty fortresses, of which several that had been reduced by Aurangzeb had again fallen into the hands of the rebels during the days of contention for the Empire. Many Mahratta sardárs, who through necessity had deceitfully joined themselves to the party of Ráni Tárá Bái, widow of Rám Rája, now came and joined Raja Sáhu. Having collected a large army, Sáhu proceeded to the neighbourhood of Ahmadnagar, and then, according to a report at the time, he put off his journey, and went to the place where Aurangzeb died. He paid a mourning visit to the place, and distributed money and food to the poor. Then, with his large army, which numbered nearly 20,000 Mahratta horse, he marched with the intention of showing his respect to the tomb of Aurangzeb, near Daulatabad, at a place now called Khuldábád. When his advance party approached Aurangabad, although Sahu and his brothers in his company had no intention of ravaging, the old habit prevailed, and some of his men began plundering in the vicinity of Aurangabad. Mansur Khan and the other officers in the city bestirred themselves, put the fortifications in order, and endeavoured to repress these outrages. Raja Sahu also forbade his men to plunder, and after visiting the tombs of the great men, and of Aurangzeb, he went his way to his forts. - [Previous: 131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.131) - [Next: 133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.133.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.132) · Pramāṇa