Storia do Mogor 173.6

173.6

When our armies became aware of this news there was great uproar ; those who were acquainted with Akbar's vigour and the small force round Aurangzeb began at once to deliberate whether they should not desert to Akbar's side, as that of the more powerful protagonist. I know myself that Shah 'Alam was thrown into considerable anxiety by this outbreak. Akbar's mistake was not to carry through his project. If he had only learnt from his father, along with the lesson of rebellion, that also of energy and of not losing time, it is certain that he would have made himself king, Aurangzeb having no men to defend himself. But as Aurangzeb had in Akbar's division men who loved him, he found means to make the astrologers order Akbar to wait some days before marching. The time was occupied in making thrones and preparing supplies for the coronation festival. This they did to give Aurangzeb time to gather men for his defence.