Storia do Mogor 65.17.6

65.17.6

Aurangzeb continued his march towards Murad Bakhsh. Apprehensive that he might send no answer, Aurangzeb redoubled his sweetly-worded letters, which were most subtle. He reaffirmed that he would make him (Murad Bakhsh) King of Dihli, as he had already promised; that his purpose was confined to making him king and entrusting to him his sons, whom he (Murad Bakhsh) should deal with as with any other men in his service. He (Aurangzeb) kept a number of secret agents at Murad Bakhsh's court, and these men persuaded that prince that these overtures were made solely to place his (Aurangzeb's) family and his own person in safety beneath his (Murad Bakhsh's) protection. On becoming king he was at liberty to grant Aurangzeb something by way of alms for his journey to Mecca, and to provide him a dwelling there, where he would pass the remaining days of his life, as he had vowed to God.