Storia do Mogor 84.3

84.3

The King of Bijapur wrote to Shiva Ji that his unruly conduct was not the way to respond to the benefits that had been conferred on his grandfather, and were still being shown to his father and himself. He should desist from such courses and repair to the court, where an office would be given him. Shiva Ji took no notice of this letter, and continued his plundering more vigorously than before, so that the King of Bijapur, finding himself endangered because Shiva Ji had taken one of his fortresses, determined to send against him a famous general called Afzel Can (Afzal Khan). This man pursued Shiva Ji so persistently that the rebel was forced to take refuge in the mountains. Finding himself powerless for further resistance, he resorted to a trick, writing to Afzal Khan a letter, in which he made excuses, confessed himself a criminal and culprit, and asked the general to intercede for him. He besought pardon from the king. Afzal Khan replied that he might come in without any hesitation, that he would obtain his pardon from the king, and would be always his protector. But he must appear without delay to obviate the receipt of fresh orders from the king, enjoining further exertions to defeat and capture him. It would be better for himself and for his men to come to a friendly agreement than to allow any opening for the horrors of war. In any case, however, he (Shiva Ji) could not resist long, the king being so much the more powerful.