Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 2.6.3

2.6.3

But the letters daily received from Aureng-Zebe determined Morad-Bakche not to relax his exertions, and the wise counsel of the eunuch Chah-Abas was rejected. This acute statesman had a warm and affectionate heart, and was sincerely attached to the interests of his master. Happy would it have been for the young prince if he had listened to his sage advice; but Morad was blinded by an inordinate thirst for dominion: his brother's letters were more and more expressive of his entire devotedness to his cause, and he considered that, if left to his own resources, he should never be able to realise those schemes of greatness that continually haunted his imagination. He therefore broke up from his encampment at Amed-Abad, abandoned Guzarate, and made the best of his way, over mountains and through forests, to the rendezvous where Aureng-Zebe had halted some days in expectation of his arrival.