[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) › 3.12.6 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.12.6 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.12.6 - **Language:** English ### [3.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.12.6) They betrayed a shameful lukewarmness during the siege, refusing to follow the Raja Roup who had already planted his standard on the wall nearest to the mountain. Aureng-Zebe's jealousy occasioned the second failure. He would not storm the breach which the cannon of the Franks — English, Portuguese, Germans, and French — had rendered sufficiently practicable; because the enterprise had originated with Dara, at that time with his father in the city of Kahoul, and he felt unwilling that his brother should have the credit of so valuable an acquisition. Chah-Jehan, a few years before the late troubles, seemed on the point of besieging Kandahar for the third time, but was deterred from the enterprise by Emir-Jemla, who, as we have stated, advised the Mogol to send his army to the Decan. Aly Merdan-kan seconded with great earnestness the Emir's arguments, and addressed the King in these extraordinary words: — 'Your Majesty will never succeed in taking Kandahar, unless her gates be opened by such a traitor as myself; or unless you determine to exclude all Persians from the besieging army, and issue a proclamation promising entire freedom to the bazaars; - [Previous: 3.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.12.5) - [Next: 3.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.12.7) - [Up: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.12.6) · Pramāṇa