[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 65.31.3 # Storia do Mogor 65.31.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.31.3 - **Language:** English ### [65.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31.3) But many days had not passed before Aurangzeb wrote another letter to Da,ud Khan in which he asked why he delayed so long in fulfilling his promise to lay before him in a short time the head of Dara. He could not fathom the reason of such delay. This letter fell, as was intended by Aurangzeb, into the hands of Dara. The sight of it totally destroyed his confidence in Da,ud Khan. Word was sent to him not to appear again at court; his appointment was taken from him, and everybody fell under suspicion. Finding himself in this great extremity, and Aurangzeb still continuing his march by forced stages, Dara made up his mind to remove to the kingdom of Kabul, and thence implore succour from the King of Persia. He therefore despatched an envoy to Mahabat Khan, who was governor of the Kabul kingdom, and to the Pathans of the hill-country, requesting them to give him free passage on his way to Persia. But his object was not to pass through, it was to obtain possession of, that kingdom, and thereby increase his strength. Mahabat Khan remembered their former disputes, of which I have spoken (I. 155), and sent him the reply that it would be better to choose another road, because no reliance could be placed upon the Pathans in the hills, thus throwing upon others the blame for his own disinclination. - [Previous: 65.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31.2) - [Next: 65.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31.4) - [Up: 65.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31.3) · Pramāṇa