Storia do Mogor 65.26.7

65.26.7

Thus he declined to risk himself, All the same, he never ceased to spread the rumour, one day after another, that he was going to see Shahjahan. When the appointed day arrived, there arose some excuse to put it off to another date. In this way he went on from day to day postponing the date of the visit. Meanwhile, he continued in secret to seduce by soft words the greater nobles at the court. In the end, having everything thoroughly ready in secret, he was in a position to carry out what he had planned. When everybody was looking for the visit to be paid, Aurangzeb ordered his son Sultan Muhammad to assume command in his (Aurangzeb's) name at the office of the cotual (kotwal), who is the chief magistrate ruling over the whole city. Under cover of this movement, he was to rush on and encircle the fortress, and allow no one to enter.