[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) › 170 # Storia do Mogor 170: Shah 'Alam goes to Aurangabad, and the Death of Shiva Ji. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 170 - **Language:** English ### [170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.170) It was in this year that Aurangzeb, dissatisfied at the way in which Bahadur Khan was conducting the war against Shiva Ji and Bijapur, ordered him to be superseded by Diler Khan, and directed him to return to court. He came, but with such ostentation that Aurangzeb was forced to show his displeasure. He took away his pay and rank, and paid no farther attention to him. He remained in this position for some time, until Shah 'Alam interceded for him in such a way that in the end the king gave way to the prince's petitions, and restored his pay and rank. But this caused no improvement in Bahadur Khan, who remained as convinced as ever that the king was under some obligation to allow him his pay and rank, or even greater than that he held. Meanwhile Diler Khan did what he could to defend himself from Shiva Ji, who did nothing but plunder in every direction. It was not possible to attack his territories as they lay among hills very difficult of access, forming as it were a defence unto themselves. For if any force penetrated them, the passes were so easily closed behind them, that the greater portion of the invaders were kept there unable to do anything \[181\]. The most that Diler Khan could do was to fight with Bijapur and Gulkandah ; and from consideration of this war, Aurangzeb once more ordered Shah 'Alam to the Dakhin. Shiva Ji, to show how little he thought of Shah 'Alam, advanced to the gates of Aurangabad without Shah 'Alam being able to do anything — nay, he was in great fear lest Shiva Ji might attack the suburbs and sack the whole environs. For he had such vigilant spies that he was informed of the places where this man and the other had buried their wealth through fear of him. But Shiva Ji could not tarry long, for by rushing hither and thither he tired himself out, and died vomiting blood in one thousand six hundred and seventy-nine. Aurangzeb was gratified at the death of this great enemy. When he was dying, the rajah forbad his officers to recognise as their lord anyone else than Ram Raja, who was his second son, seeing that from an early age he had declined to acknowledge Sambha Ji as his son. Thus he ended his life, after having risen against his benefactor the King of Bijapur, and, sword in hand, had cloven his path to power, killing and devastating, giving full occupation even to so powerful a sovereign as the Mogul king, and creating a new realm in Hindustan. This kingdom became such a powerful opponent of the Mogul — that overcomer and captor of kings — that it compelled him to leave his capital and dwell in camps for more than nineteen years. At this date of writing, which is the twenty-first of May in one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine, my spies, who arrived at four o'clock in the afternoon, bring me letters from the army, and inform me that the royal camp was in great difficulty and confusion. The reason is that another rebel has joined \[the Mahrattahs\] ; he is called Chanda, a Hindu prince. They have invested the camp, and are carrying off the treasure coming in for the army from Hindustan, blocking the roads and defeating the forces sent against them. But when Sambha Ji heard that his father was dead, he left Bijapur at once and entered his father's territories, some of the officers being his partisans. These men joined him, his brother being a minor. Thus he took upon himself, employing the valour of his captains, to give trouble to the Moguls. In order that the officers might not quarrel among themselves, he sent his brother a prisoner to a fortress. He signalized his accession to power by beheading the officers considered by him wanting in zeal for his cause. On the proper occasion (II. 207) I will state how he (Sambha Ji) showed me his sword, and told me that he himself with that sword had cut off the heads of thirty of his officers, and as for the others, he had their eyes gouged out. - [Previous: 169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.169) - [Next: 171.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.171.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.170) · Pramāṇa