Storia do Mogor 163: The Peace with Shiva Ji is broken.

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When Aurangzeb arrived at Dihli he sent an order to Bahadur Khan to break the peace with Shiva Ji, and make continuous war on him. At the same time he was to menace the King of Gulkandah for having allowed Shiva Ji, his enemy, to cross his territories on the way to the Karnatik, where he had increased his power by the conquest of fortresses, of which we have spoken (II. 156). As a penalty for allowing this passage across Gulkandah, much money, munitions of war, and jewels, were to be demanded; also, in addition to the above, an elephant that the king owned — all of which he agreed to. This elephant was not only of great size, but had its tusks crooked — that is, not straight like others but bent like buffalo's horns, which, after describing a great circle, ended by meeting at the side of its head. So large was the circle made by these tusks that in spite of the width of the fort gate at Aurangabad, it was still necessary to make the elephant move with the greatest care to avoid the corners of the gates. It was from this peculiarity that once when moving hastily it caught one tusk, which was broken in half, and they were forced to join it together with a massive ring. But it was impossible so to mend it as to preserve its beauty.
The manner in which Aurangzeb treated the Kings of Gulkandah and Bijapur was full of policy. For he went on diminishing their power little by little; to-day asking from Gulkandah one thing, to-morrow another; one year some money, another year munitions of war. With Bijapur every year, when the rainy season came on, he made peace, getting them to give him by agreement some fortress, or so much money, or so much land, or a province. Finally he asked for the king's daughter in marriage for his son A'zam Tara, swearing an oath that after this alliance all wars should cease. Then, the rainy season over, he commenced afresh, until he took all the king's country and made him a prisoner, as I shall state in its proper place (II. 236).