Storia do Mogor 344.1.1

344.1.1

SINCE God has preserved my life, I wish to finish the Fifth Part, already promised, of the reign of the existing king, Aurangzeb. The kind reader will have seen at the end of my Fourth Part (IV. 234) that this king was preparing for a new campaign after his fasting month, which fell in the said year in January, as above written. Cognizant that neither his craft nor his artifices would suffice to overcome the Prince Aguanguira (Wãkinkerah), he suddenly ordered his army to march, and attacked one of his fortresses which was situated near a great forest. Although at the first assault seven thousand soldiers were killed along with twelve valiant and famous commanders, while many other officers were wounded, Aurangzeb was not in the least discouraged. Continuing to invest the place more and more stringently, he forced it, after a siege of five months, to surrender. The loss of this fortress induced the Prince of Wãkinkerah to join himself to Shivã Jī, and carry on the usual plundering. Up to this moment things are in this condition. Until the time when the campaigns of Aurangzeb furnish me with matter for continuing the story, I will recount some events in the hope of amusing the inquiring reader.