[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) › 71 # Muntakhab al-lubab 71: Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign, 1092 A.H. (1681 A.D.). Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 71 - **Language:** English ### [71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.71) \[Text, vol. ii. p. 278.\] After the 'Idu-l fitr, Aurangzeb started for the Dakhin, to punish the infidels, and to pursue Prince Muhammad Akbar. \* \* On the 14th Zi-l ka'da he reached Burhanpur, the Daru-s surur (abode of joy). Khan-Jahan Bahadur, the Subadar, and Amin Khan, the Diwan of the four subas of the Dakhin, with the faujdars and the officials and nobles there, waited upon him. Many great men of Bijapur, of the Kutb-Shahi dynasty, and of the Mahrattas, also came to pay their respects. The infidel inhabitants of the city and the country round made great opposition to the payment of the jizya. There was not a district where the people, with the help of the faujdars and mukaddams, did not make disturbances and resistance. Mir 'Abdu-l Karim, an excellent and honest man, now received orders to collect the jizya in Burhanpur. A suitable force of horse and foot was appointed to support him, and the kotwal was directed to punish every one who resisted payment. A fire broke out in a house near the citadel and the chauk. There were several sacks of powder in the house, the roof was blown off, and many men were burnt. It came to Aurangzeb's knowledge that there were thirty sacks of gunpowder in a cellar under his sleeping apartment. An investigation was made, and it appeared that at the very commencement of the reign, when Aurangzeb left Burhanpur to proceed to Dehli, the gunners left this powder there, and during all that time it had never been taken out. The Emperor severely censured the officials who were answerable for this neglect, and degraded some of them. He told them that if this had happened in the reign of Jahangir, that King would have blown them all up with the powder. Aurangzeb's humanity and kindness was such that the severest punishment was reduction of dignity, and this even was soon restored through the intercession and kind offices of men high in office. Aurangzeb passed three or four months very pleasantly at Burhanpur; he then left for Aurangabad. Before he departed, Mir 'Abdu-l Karim, the Amin-i jizya, reported that the jizya of the city of Burhanpur for the past year, amounting to 26,000 rupees, had been paid into the public treasury. During the three months that he had been in office, he had settled the sum of one lac and 80,000 rupees as the amount payable by half the towns connected with Burhanpur. He now hoped that he might be allowed to leave with His Majesty, and that the collection of the jizya might be deputed to some one else. He was applauded and promoted. He was allowed to accompany the Emperor, and his deputies were to collect the tax. \* \* After Aurangzeb reached Aurangabad, Prince Muhammad Mu'azzam was sent to take the forts and punish the infidels of Ram-darra in the Kokan; and Prince Muhammad A'zam was directed to reduce the fort of Salir, near the fort of Malir in Baglana, which had been held for some time by the Mahrattas. Prince Muhammad Mu'azzam penetrated into the Kokan, and passing through its inmost recesses, passes and thick woods, he laid the country waste in all directions, and put many infidels to the sword. Khwaja Abu-l Makarim, afterwards Jan-nisar Khan, and others, greatly distinguished themselves in this campaign; but the grain and millet and vetches of that country were injurious to strangers, and the climate was very uncongenial to camels and horses. Men in great numbers and quadrupeds beyond compute perished. Horses were so scarce that there was not one left in the stable of the Prince which was fit to carry him. Most men were obliged to walk, and no provisions arrived, for the enemy closed the roads on every side. Life became insupportable, and it was impossible for the Prince to remain there. On the facts being reported to the Emperor, he gave orders for the recall of the army. - [Previous: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.70) - [Next: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.71) · Pramāṇa