Storia do Mogor 354.9.2

354.9.2

He found the governor asleep, seized him where he lay, and confiscated his goods ; he now demands three lakhs of rupees before he will set the captive free. When this enterprise was carried out, and the fortress was quite safe, Shivã Jl's army started again, and laid siege to the city of Sara, where he still is. Dã,ud Khãn, having heard of this progress of his enemy, lives in great dread, and continues his preparations as best he can. At this time orders reached him from the court to watch carefully over and relieve those territories. He is therefore preparing to march, and his pay was raised, the King making him a six hazãri without any regard to the rules of the great emperor Akbar. It is now forty-six years since King Aurangzeb began his campaign against the Mahrattahs, the Kings of Bījāpur and Gulkandah, and other princes and potentates. In the early days of the war he left the command [170] in the hands of his generals while he looked after the administration of the empire. But finding that these officers did not act as he wished, and were not energetic enough, in the year 1680, as I have already stated, he took the command of the army in person. It is therefore twenty-six years that this king has been in the field, and during that space of time has effected all the conquests of which I have spoken.