Storia do Mogor 356.1.5

356.1.5

In April, 1706, Shāh 'Ālam sent a letter to his father Aurangzeb, enclosing other letters from several spies who were with Prince Akbar. By these the news was conveyed that Prince Akbar had died in that month near the fortress of Qandahār, belonging to the King of Persia. Aurangzeb, when he received this joyful news so long awaited, pretended to feel the greatest sorrow, stating how much he grieved at the prince's dying in a strange land; that it was at his own desire he had left India; that it was God's punishment for not obeying his father's counsels, for having decided to act contrary to Mahomedan law. [189] Equal to the king's joy was that of the princes A'zam Tārā and Shāh 'Ālam, although from reasons of high policy they professed to be greatly disconcerted by it. For they knew they had been delivered from one great obstacle to securing power after their father's death. For he (Akbar) had many friends at the court, and the King of Persia would have helped him.