Storia do Mogor 65.24.3

65.24.3

Poor Dara ! without fully considering what he was doing, and what would follow when he was no longer to be seen on his elephant, towards which all turned their gaze ; but relying on the soft words of the traitor Khalilullah Khan, by which he allowed himself to be persuaded and deceived, he took the advice, as it appeared to him that what had been said was very true. He alighted from his elephant, and this was as if he had quitted victory ; for the soldiers and commanders, who in the midst of the battle kept an eye on Dara, not seeing him on his elephant, assumed that he must be already dead. For this reason they were thrown into great confusion.