Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 2.5.7

2.5.7

I have authority for stating that such was substantially the language used by Aureng-Zebe. The considerations which dictated the Emir's answer to these strange propositions are not now so well known. It is certain, however, that he complied with them, that he consented to place the troops under Aureng-Zebe's orders, to lend him money, and, what is even more extraordinary, to be conducted to the fortress of Daulet-Abad. Some have thought that Emir-Jemla was really allured by the solemn assurance of advantages to be derived from his acquiescence, and that he was likewise influenced by the recollection of those vows of ardent and indissoluble friendship which had been so frequently interchanged between him and Aureng-Zebe. Others there are who, perhaps with more reason, believe that fear forbade him to withhold his assent, as the two sons of Aureng-Zebe, Sultan Masum and Sultan Mahmoud, were present at the conference; the former completely armed, and assuming a look that could not be mistaken; the latter indulging in unseemly grimaces, after having raised his arm in a manner which implied an intention of proceeding to violence: for the pride of this Prince was mortified because his brother's mission had been attended with better success than his own, and he was at no pains to conceal his resentment.