Storia do Mogor 108.1

108.1

At the beginning of this my second part (II. 15) I said that Aurangzeb had sent his uncle, Shaistah Khan, to make war against Shiva Jī in the Dakhin. As soon as he reached the lands of Shiva Jī he took a small fortress called Puna. Outside it he lived in a mud house that he had caused to be built near a tank. There he meant to pass the rainy season. Shiva Jī sought every means of killing Shaistah Khan, being thus counselled (so they say) by Rajah Jaswant Singh, who would have liked to appropriate the treasury of Shaistah Khan. He (Shiva Jī) came to the resolve to send bold and resolute men among the soldiers and into the dwelling of Shaistah Khan. They were to pretend to be dependents of Shaistah Khan, so that they could carry out the plot in security, and digging through the house wall should slay whatever men and women were found therein.