Storia do Mogor 91.3

91.3

Roshan Ara Begam was the causer of all this uproar. She allowed no one to see the sick Aurangzeb, except one eunuch belonging to her faction. But Sultan Mu'azzam, who was sixteen years of age and lived outside the fort, in the mansion of Prince Dara, was afraid that his father was already dead, and that Roshan Ara Begam did not want the news to spread until she had persuaded the Hindu princes to support Prince A'zam Tara. Since it was clear that she favoured this little prince, and was inimical to Sultan Mu'azzam, the latter resolved to make use of Jai Singh. Therefore, disguising himself, he went one night to this rajah, and, presenting to him some jewels of great price, prayed him earnestly to take his part on this occasion. His father was already dead. He then made a movement as if to fall at the rajah's feet ; but the latter, taking him in his arms, raised him. After lengthy discourse, wherein he set forth the particular esteem he had for the prince and the singular desire he cherished to be of service to him in this juncture, he inquired if he knew for a certainty that the king, his father, was dead.