Storia do Mogor 81.2

81.2

He gave orders that with all haste thirty thousand horsemen and fifty field-pieces should be sent against Rajah Caran (Karan). The general in command was Razandascan (Ra'dandaz Khan). The rajah had declined to come to court after Aurangzeb's coronation, and precise orders were given that they should bring back the recusant's head. The matter became known to Rajah Jai Singh, who was related to the said Rajah Karan, and he requested the king to have a little patience, and he would take upon himself to make Rajah Karan come and pay his respects at court. To this intent he (Jai Singh) wrote to the said rajah that it was inadvisable to set up opposition to such a powerful and victorious monarch as Aurangzeb. Let him accept his advice, given as a relation and a friend, to come in at once. He should not take to arms, for Aurangzeb was powerful ; and if the king made war on him, he (Jai Singh) could no longer be his friend nor help him in any way ; on the contrary, he should be forced to oppose him and join in the quarrel.