Storia do Mogor 65.37.8

65.37.8

Jaswant Singh was influenced by the letter and promises of Rajah Jai Singh, and decided to break his word, and not move to Dara's assistance according to promise. The latter arrived close to the city of Ajmer, near the territories of the said Rajah Jaswant Singh. Finding after a time that he did not come in with his force, Dara wrote to him that it was already time to carry out the word that he had given him, that he was on the spot awaiting him, and he recommended haste, for on him depended whether he succeeded or not. Since Jaswant Singh sent no answer, the afflicted Dara repeated his letter, already dreading that Jaswant Singh would play him false. To compel him to come, he decided to send [240] to him his own son, Super Xaca (Sipihr Shukoh), entreating the rajah not to desert him on this occasion, for on him depended the victory and a decision about the crown. If God willed that he should reach the throne, he would ever recognise the benefit conferred and support given, as would all his descendants. They would be under a perpetual obligation, and would never be backward in due acknowledgments. Let him weigh this; he (Dara) had left the city of Ahmadabad with a small force, because he relied on the promise made to him by the rajah of accompanying him with all his warriors. If the rajah should now fail him, his person and life would be in manifest danger of falling into the hands of Aurangzeb.