Storia do Mogor 173.2

173.2

Spies came to Shah 'Alam about this rebellion, but he would not put trust in them, or at any rate appeared not to attach credit to them. For, it being a matter of great importance, he would be obliged to inform his father, and he feared to write such matters to Aurangzeb, who from his love for Akbar would not believe his (Shah 'Alam's) letters. On the contrary, he would suspect that Shah 'Alam wrote them in order to carry out some plot of his own. Nevertheless, as such news was very important, he sent for his generals and captains, and in their presence caused the exact words of the spy to be written down. The man said that a commotion would arise, that Akbar had already publicly declared himself king, and with the intention of arresting his father had already begun his march. The generals and captains signed at the foot of the spy's statement. Thus the news was sent at once by Shah 'Alam to Aurangzeb. The latter, for the love he bore to his other son, would not believe Shah 'Alam's letter, and said they were mendacious tales and the rebellion non-existent.