Storia do Mogor 65.40.4

65.40.4

Thus the soldiers rushed at the prince, took him, and separated him from his wives and sons. They behaved with harshness, paying no heed to royal immunities, a prince's privileges, or a master's rights. Without any remorse, chains were put upon his legs and manacles upon his wrists. Then four elephants appeared with howdahs on, and in secrecy they placed the prince on one of them. Each elephant was escorted by three thousand horsemen, armed with swords and spears. There were thus four divisions, and among them were distributed the prince, the sons, and the women, with such secrecy that not a soul knew in what division, or on which elephant, or in which howdah, Dara was. In each howdah was a soldier with drawn sword seated at the back. This was done so that if any outbreak occurred, or any attempt was made to rescue the prince, the assailants should not know in which division he was, and the soldier seated at his back would have time enough to despatch him according to orders. The march began, Rajah Jai Singh at the head of the vanguard and Bahadur Khan with the rear-guard. They set out for the fortress of Bhakkar.