Storia do Mogor 92.2

92.2

Thus Aurangzeb, overcome by their importunity, and worried by an old man named Miyan JanI, who passed as a saint, and every Friday when the king went to the mosque, said to him nothing beyond these words: 'Marry your daughters, and let them follow the example of Muhammad's daughter.' They were married in the year one thousand six hundred and seventy, one to the son of Dara, the other to the son of Murad Bakhsh, and up to this day they live with their husbands in the fortress of Salimgarh. The fourth daughter's name was Facronexa Begom (Fakhr-un-nissa Begam)—that is to say, 'Grandeur of Women,' who was [42] the child of another particular wife. She did not wish to marry, and she will give us occasion to speak of her farther on. When the news of Aurangzeb's severe illness reached Agrah, the eunuch I'tibar Khan was thrown into great perplexity, chiefly because he heard that Rajah Jaswant Singh and Mahabat Khan were coming to deliver Shahjahan. The eunuch called to mind the harshness he had used to Shahjahan, and looked upon himself as lost, and saw facing him a sad and dishonoured death. He therefore provided poison to kill himself when any change happened. It was for this reason that he sent off daily many couriers to find out news as to the life or death of Aurangzeb. At this time the common people spoke bitterly against I'tibar Khan, and said that now had come the time for him to be paid out for his barbarities.