[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 122.2 # Storia do Mogor 122.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 122.2 - **Language:** English ### [122.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.122.2) When Diler Khan received the letter, he replied briefly that, until he had the King of Bijapur in his power, Aurangzeb would never listen to the proposals of anyone. As for an encounter in the field, he was delighted both to test the valour of Sharzah Khan, and to give him a sample of the courage with which he, too, could fight. On hearing this, Sharzah Khan took the field, and dividing his army into two parts, allowed us to march between them for fifteen days of our route. When we were close to Bijapur, he began to devastate the Mogul provinces without mercy. The rajah paid no heed to this, assuming that it would be easy for him to take Bijapur and its king, for he had been corresponding with the officers. But the intrigues being discovered, the king removed the officers who had written, and replaced them by others. By this change the rajah found himself deprived of those he relied on, and he had to beat a retreat. This was the time when Sharzah Khan captured three officers who were coming over to our army to join us; he decapitated them, and sent the heads to the King of Bijapur as a proof that he had one loyal general, who would spare no one when acting in defence of his king. Sharzah Khan gave us a lot of trouble during our retirement, leaving us not a moment's rest, either by day or by night, until we had quitted the territory of Bijapur. - [Previous: 122.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.122.1) - [Next: 122.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.122.3) - [Up: 122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.122) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.122.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.122.2) · Pramāṇa