[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) › 83 # Storia do Mogor 83: Shaistah Khan sent against Shiva Ji. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 83 - **Language:** English ### [83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.83) Aurangzeb was very liberal in making promises when he wanted to gain his ends, at the same time having quite made up his mind not to keep his word. His maxim, as I said, was to make use of oaths only to deceive, the truth of which the reader will gather from my history. Thus he broke his word to Shiva Ji, but it cost him dear. For up to this day on which I write (? 1699) he has quite as much as he can manage to struggle with this single prince. At the end of this book can be seen the acts of Shiva Ji and the difficulties which were encountered by this great and powerful king on his account. We come now to the beginning of the wars between Shiva Ji and the Mogul. Finding himself now fully established as king, Aurangzeb sent Shaistah Khan in fifty-nine (1659) with a powerful army to compel Shiva Ji to pay tribute, and prohibit him from collecting the revenues conceded to him when the rising against Shahjahan was begun. He treated as of no account the deed on a plate of copper ('gold' in the French text) which he had given to him (Shiva Ji), whereon was written the grant, as I stated at the end of Part I. (I. 171). Orders were also given to Shaistah Khan to threaten the Kings of Bijapur and Gulkandah, and make them agree to higher tribute. Those pitiful and timorous creatures did as requested by Aurangzeb. But Shiva Ji did not act thus; he took up arms, and, attacking first in one direction and then in another, plundered the Mogul country and Bijapur, taking many fortresses and territories. - [Previous: 82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.82) - [Next: 84.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.84.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.83) · Pramāṇa