Storia do Mogor 65.17.5

65.17.5

After making several marches there came news to him how the castle of Surat had surrendered to Shahbaz, the general of Prince Murad Bakhsh, but, not finding in it the cash that had been expected, it was sacked. All that was found in it was carried off to Prince Murad Bakhsh. The latter was requested by Prince Aurangzeb to join him with all his forces. He marched off to find him (Aurangzeb), so that they might unite and pursue their road to Agrah together. When he mounted his horse to set out on this journey, he said : ' Aguer talle daram, ech parua naderam ' (Agar tali' daram, hech parwa na daram), that is to say : ' If I hold Fortune, I need no one.' The eunuch Shahbaz, having no faith in the word of Aurangzeb, advised his master, Murad Bakhsh, on no account to quit the kingdom of Gujarat, nor even leave the city of Amadabad (Ahmadabad), the chief place of that province. He (Shahbaz) would make him master of all the fortified places, adding greatly to his treasures ; he should place no faith in the soft and misleading words of Prince Aurangzeb, but should refrain from going where that prince wished ; and time would show what they ought to do.