[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 2.19.6 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 2.19.6 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 2.19.6 - **Language:** English ### [2.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.2.19.6) While these events were happening, some servants of Sultan Banque joined the Mahometans, of whom I have spoken, in a plot similar to the last. The indiscreet zeal of one of the conspirators, who was probably heated with wine, led to the discovery of the design on the day on which it was to be executed. In regard to this affair, too, I have heard a thousand different tales; and the only fact I can relate with confidence is, that the King felt so exasperated against the family of Sujah as to give orders for its total extermination. Even the Princess whom he had himself espoused, and who, it is said, was advanced in pregnancy, was sacrificed according to his brutal mandate. Sultan Banque and his brothers were decapitated with gruesome-looking axes, quite blunt, and the female members of this ill-fated family were closely confined in their apartments, and left to die of hunger. In this manner terminated the war which the lust of domination had kindled among these four brothers. It lasted between five and six years; that is to say, from about the year 1655 to the year 1660 or 1661; and it left Aureng-Zebe the undisputed master of this mighty Empire. - [Previous: 2.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.2.19.5) - [Next: 3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.1.1) - [Up: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.2.19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.2.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.2.19.6) · Pramāṇa