Travels in India (Tavernier) 52.1

52.1

DArA ShAh having carried off in haste, on the advice of his father, some of the gold and silver which was in the fortress of Agra, and having retired to the Kingdom of Lahore, hoped to be able to place on foot, in a short time, a second army, in order to attack Aurangzeb, his brother. His most faithful servants and friends had always accompanied him in his misfortune, and his eldest son Suliman Sheko was with Raja Rup in the territories of his Kingdom in order to raise troops, having with him five millions of rupees (5,000,000), which amount to seven million five hundred thousand (7,500,000) livres of our money, in order to attract soldiers more rapidly. But this large sum made Raja Rup’s eyes open, and he seized it for himself by a base and infamous act of treason. Suliman Sheko fearing he would go further and seize his person also, withdrew promptly to the Kingdom of Srinagar, under the protection of Raja Nakti Rani, who, by a still blacker act of treason, delivered him over to Aurangzeb some time afterwards.