Storia do Mogor 123: Shah 'Abbas defies Aurangzeb.

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But let us return to the Moguls and talk of a year in which several things happened. The first event was that Aurangzeb had a son by his beloved queen, Udepuri, who received the name of Kaembaex (Kam Bakhsh), this being the fifth and last son. But Aurangzeb could not resolve to have him destroyed in his mother's womb, in accordance with the rule of Shahjahan. He acted thus out of his great love for Udepuri [in]. The second event was that Aurangzeb's ambassador to the King of Persia arrived at Dihli with the forty horses that Shah 'Abbas sent to Aurangzeb as a challenge to take the field. By this the whole kingdom fell into great anxiety and confusion, more especially the city of Dihli, for Aurangzeb, to show that he had no fear at the approach of Shah 'Abbas, who had already begun his march towards India, sent orders to cut the throats of the forty fine horses at the doors of the Persian officers, such as Ja'far Khan, Muhammad Amin Khan, and others. This was to prove that he had no need of them, nor did he make any account of the King of Persia.
The wretched Tarbiyat Khan, who had been the ambassador, as we have said, received from Aurangzeb many affronts and much abuse. Aurangzeb said to him that if he were a man of understanding and capable of any shame, he should have got killed in the Persian king's palace, first taking the life of the heretic (for thus they style the Persians). He would like to know why he carried a dagger at his side, if it were not for defending the honour of his king and offering up his life on his behalf. It had been better for him to bury himself alive than appear again in the sight of men. Thus did he expel him from court, and in a short space the wretched Tarbiyat Khan ended his days.