Storia do Mogor 65.7.4

65.7.4

Hardly had Wazir Khan pronounced the words, when Amar Singh, laying hold of his dagger, plunged it into the wazir's breast, and he fell dead in the royal presence. There stood Amar Singh, with the dagger still in his hand, looking at the king. All were in consternation at such an act, but Shahjahan dissembled, and rising, retired into the privacy of his harem without uttering a word. But he made a sign for them to kill Amar Singh, as was done. The officers then present leapt upon him, and with his dagger he wounded six of them. The cavalry and infantry of Amar Singh, who were outside the fortress, on learning the death of their lord, made use of their weapons, killing and decapitating whomsoever they encountered, getting away in safety. King Shahjahan afterwards granted the dignities of Amar Singh to his younger brother, named Jacont Sing (Jaswant Singh), whom he liked much ; and as to him, I will relate farther on what he did in the days of Aurangzeb.