Storia do Mogor 177.6

177.6

Aurangzeb heard of the plot that the officers of Sambha Ji wished to carry out, and of Akbar's refusal of such a good opportunity. He feared that, owing to Sambha Ji's irregular life, those men might a second time propose to make Akbar their prince, that he might then accept, and be able then to come against him (Aurangzeb) with a strong army. He therefore sent endearing letters to Akbar, pressing him to return; he knew well (he said) that the rebellion the prince had headed during the campaign against the Rana was not his own doing, but the work of his officers. He could now return with confidence, and he would be pardoned. Aurangzeb pledged his word, backed by an oath on the Quran, that no harm would be done to him. Letters went back and fore, but Akbar knew his father, and was not such a fool as to trust himself to the hands of one who had already murdered one son. But he wrote such humble and submissive letters that Aurangzeb dispatched his tutor to him, and a considerable sum in gold accompanied by a letter, which declared that he (Aurangzeb) was anxiously expecting his son's return.