Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.10.3

3.10.3

Affairs had remained in this state nearly a twelvemonth, when the Mogul offered to Jemla the management of a war against the rich and powerful Raja of Acham, whose territories lie north of Daka, on the Gulf of Bengale. Aureng-Zebe justly apprehended that an ambitious soldier could not long remain in a state of repose, and that, if disengaged from foreign war, he would seek occasion to excite internal commotions.