Storia do Mogor 194.4

194.4

It seemed as if the death of Sambha Ji was bound to secure Aurangzeb's lordship over all the lands of Hindustan down to the sea. But the commanders of valorous Shiva Ji, father of this unfortunate man, were by this time practised in fighting the Moguls, and expert in the way of dealing with those foreigners (? Persians and Central Asians) who deserted from his side. They determined to continue the campaign and uphold the cause of Ram Raja, younger brother of the deceased. Therefore they took him out of prison and made him their prince. This determination caused a revolution in the principality, for the mother of Sambha Ji, who had sons by her husband, claimed the government during the minority of those sons. She asserted that the crown belonged to them; but the commanders turned a deaf ear and sided with Rama Raja, or, to adopt the usual way of speaking, of the newly selected Shiva Ji. In this way the princess was forced to have recourse to the Mogul, to whom she delivered herself up and her sons, along with over twenty-two forts, in this way taking the nerve out of her competitors.