[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) › 65.41.3 # Storia do Mogor 65.41.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.41.3 - **Language:** English ### [65.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41.3) The army of Bahadur Khan passed out of sight of Bhakkar with their princely prisoner. Then came the order of Aurangzeb, already back in Dihli after the battle of Ajmer, to bring the prince to the presence by forced marches without the least delay. Great caution was enjoined. Bahadur Khan, not to fail in any particular, during every night of the march placed the tent where Dara slept close to his own, and guarded it well by alert sentries. In the very tent was a man shouldering a drawn sword, with orders that if he heard any disturbance or rising in the camp, he should at once cut off Dara's head. In the space of forty days they arrived near the city of Dihli. When Aurangzeb was informed, he sent off a number of squadrons to meet Bahadur Khan, as an additional precaution. His orders were that Dara should be brought in on an elephant in an uncovered howdah, with his son, Sipihr Shukoh, at his side; behind them a man with a drawn sword. In this way they brought the unhappy Dara within the city. Round him were several bodies of horse, all clad in shining steel, with drawn swords in their hands. Bahadur Khan sat alone on his elephant alongside the prince's, while all his cavalry rode with arrows ready in their bows. Thus the afflicted prince rode through the main streets on the twenty-second of October, one thousand six hundred and fifty-seven (correctly, 1659), his feet bound but his hands free, with a dejected face, as if he already saw drawing near his last day of life. - [Previous: 65.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41.2) - [Next: 65.41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41.4) - [Up: 65.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41.3) · Pramāṇa