Storia do Mogor 354.8.7

354.8.7

The Dutch ships which had gone to Surat stopped there up to the month of March in the year 1706, and no ship was allowed by them to leave or enter the port. Finally, in the above month, they set sail, taking with them a ship coming from Mecca and carrying a very valuable cargo. The Mahrattahs took measures several times to disturb the Portuguese living in the direction of Goa. The last time they troubled them was in February of the said year [1706], when they sacked and plundered Salsette; nor would they have stopped there had not the Viceroy, Gaetano de Mello, taken the field in person and chased them away, with some casualties on both sides. Prince A'zam Tãrã met his father, Aurangzeb, at the city of Aurangãbãd. His Majesty made a display to him of great affection, and gave him many signs of a special love. He said to him that, since his age forbad his continuing longer the war against [168] the infidels, it had become his son's business to take vengeance and destroy them now that he had become lord of the whole Dakhin, of the kingdoms of Bíjãpur, Gulkandah, and all their dependent territories. He (Aurangzeb) intended to go away and seek repose, and then be buried in the mausoleum of the emperor Humãyun. The prince replied to the proposal by requiring from his Majesty a month's time to come to a decision whether he ought to accept this charge.