Storia do Mogor 371.2

371.2

There were then present at court two princes, one named A'zam Tārā, his second-born, approaching the age of sixty; the other prince was younger, his name Kām Bakhsh, upon whom the king lavished all his affection. Finding himself reduced to such a state of weakness, Aurangzeb ordered him [Kām Bakhsh] to surround the royal tent with guards; he feared a sudden attack by A'zam Tārā. But the latter heard of the order beforehand, and being much irritated by it, sent some troops to disperse the guards that the prince, his younger brother, had posted. This began a dispute between them, opening the way to a conflict in which many were slain on both sides. On the emperor becoming acquainted with this act, he sent to the spot Asad Khãn, the grand wazir, to adjust the quarrel between the princes in the best way he found possible. He told him to inform A'zam Tãrã that if he would withdraw from the army he would give him the provinces of Aurangãbãd, Burhãnpur, Barãr, et cetera. The prince obeyed, and marched away by short stages and encamped his division only eight leagues from the royal quarters. There he resolved to await the news of the emperor's death.