[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) › 96.3 # Muntakhab al-lubab 96.3 Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 96.3 - **Language:** English ### [96.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.3) This loss was reported to Aurangzeb, and the news-writers of the port of Surat sent some rupees which the English had coined at Bombay, with a superscription containing the name of their impure King. Aurangzeb then ordered that the English factors who were residing at Surat for commerce should be seized. Orders were also given to I'timad Khan, superintendent of the port of Surat, and Sidi Yakut Khan, to make preparations for besieging the fort of Bombay. The evils arising from the English occupation of Bombay were of long standing. The English were not at all alarmed at the threatenings. They knew that Sidi Yakut was offended at some slights he had received. But they were more active than usual in building bastions and walls, and in blocking up the roads, so that in the end they made the place quite impregnable. I'timad Khan saw all these preparations, and came to the conclusion that there was no remedy, and that a struggle with the English would result only in a heavy loss to the customs revenue. He made no serious preparations for carrying the royal order into execution, and was not willing that one rupee should be lost to the revenue. To save appearances, he kept the English factors in confinement, but privately he endeavoured to effect an arrangement. After the confinement of their factors, the English, by way of reprisal, seized upon every Imperial officer, wherever they found one, on sea or on shore, and kept them all in confinement. So matters went on for a long time. - [Previous: 96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.2) - [Next: 96.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.4) - [Up: 96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.3) · Pramāṇa