Storia do Mogor 176.1

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service at his own expense. But these men had a bad name, and committed great oppression in the Mogul country; no one dared to interfere with them; they stole, buffeted, and slew, without anyone being able to question their acts. Aurangzeb therefore judged it to be of greater profit to the Moguls to dismiss instead of retaining such people. But not desiring to prejudice the rights he had over the Rana, he contrived that the Rana should undertake to give every year the necessary money for the pay of that number of soldiers, but should send no more horsemen. Thus the Rana's brother had his audience of leave-taking, and Aurangzeb was satisfied at having secured peace with a king who had spared his life once, and would be able to do him still greater harm by merely delaying to make peace.