Storia do Mogor 65.15.7

65.15.7

Rajah Jai Singh fathomed the intention of Shah Shuja' to fall upon him during his retirement, and made as if he accepted the proposal to withdraw first. He issued orders for the next morning that they should load the elephants, horses, and carts, and the rest of the baggage; he also gave the signal for a march, thus misleading the spies of Shah Shuja'. But secretly he directed that when the drums should beat for the march, his cavalry should remain on the alert. When Shah Shuja' learnt that the drums were beating for the march in Sulaiman Shukoh's army, he ordered his men to make ready for a rear attack on his nephew. But he did not find the opportunity, because Rajah Jai Singh at break of day fell all of a sudden on the army he had prepared, and many lives were taken. He did not allow Shah Shuja' a chance of rallying his troops, routed him, and took some of his artillery, some elephants, and a number of prisoners. Of the latter, forty were sent to the city of Agrah for production before the king as an attestation of the victory. Prince Dara did not deal with these prisoners as a valorous soldier should, but, by a most unjust sentence, ordered each to have a hand cut off. He imagined that this victory was the beginning of his reign.