Storia do Mogor 146: A Pathan rises in Rebellion.

146

This was the year in which Shah Shuja' was resuscitated, which caused great anxiety to Aurangzeb and threw the kingdom into confusion. Many persons believed that the fictitious Shah Shuja' was the veritable prince and a true pretender to the throne. But really he was not such, but only the secretary of a general, who, moving to the farther side of the Indus river, began to announce that he was Shah Shuja', who had fled from Arakan. He was so clever at depicting the events of his campaign against Aurangzeb that there soon collected many men who had come to help him. To everyone who declared himself on his side he gave a rupee, promising him high pay. Already he had gathered together some thirty thousand soldiers. These crossed the Indus on inflated skins, and Aurangzeb ordered his faujdars, who are field commanders, forthwith to occupy the river bank and stop their crossing. The officials hastened to the spot, and I have heard it said that a dog belonging to a general did such wondrous things against these rebels [149], and so many died, that they were forced to retreat.
But this did not cause the fictitious Shah Shuja' to lose heart. He continued his enlistment of men on the promise that when he became king he would give high pay, and would reward the valiant. By these promises more and more men assembled, until Aurangzeb wrote to Faridun Beg, governor of Hasan Abdal, stating his surprise, as it would not require much exertion to sweep away this rising. The governor sent some fictitious Pathans to give poison to the real Pathan, but false Shah Shuja'. Thus was this revolt put an end to, which had started from this side of the river. There can be no doubt that many were not well contented with Aurangzeb, chiefly the Pathans, who must be some three hundred thousand in number.