Storia do Mogor 65.2.1

65.2.1

One day Shahjahan marched on a campaign to recover the fortress of Candar (Qandahar), which Alimerda Can ('Ali Mardan Khan), the Persian, had voluntarily surrendered, when he rebelled against his own king. Xaabas (Shah 'Abbas) retook it in the following way: A goat had escaped from its herd, and the goat-herd pursued in order to catch it. The goat, by one leap after another, got upon a high hill, and thence, following a route full of rocks, arrived inside the fortress. The goat-herd also entered it by the same way, and came out again without anyone knowing of his being there. When he got back, he went off to make a report at the court of Shah 'Abbas. With the goat-herd as guide, a sufficient number of soldiers started for Qandahar, and taking the hidden path above referred to, they made a secret entrance into the place ; during the night they decapitated the sentries, and got possession of the fortress. Although Shahjahan made three attempts to retake this fortress, he was not able to do anything. One day, on the march already referred to, a mendicant came up to him (Shahjahan), and the king intended to give him something ; but Aurangzeb told him not to do so, because the mendicant had a considerable sum of money tied round his waist, and in this Aurangzeb showed himself to be a true prophet.