The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.46

v4.c17.46

Almost immediately a fresh cause of dissension occurred owing to a dispute about the grant of Dholpur as an assignment. It was claimed by both Shāh Jahān and Shahryār and a fight took place between the officers of the brothers over its possession. Though Jahāngīr with his usual patience again wrote to his son he was soon persuaded not to accept his excuses. Shahryār was appointed to command the Qandahār forces and a further indignity was inflicted on Shāh Jahān by the transfer of his *jāgīrs* in the Punjab to Shahryār. Shāh Jahān's humble submission, presented through his most trusted officer, was rejected and he openly rebelled and marched towards Āgra, where the governor held back the treasure collected for the expedition and prepared for a siege. Interest rather than loyalty seems to have guided the action of the generals; thus the empress' brother Āsaf Khān abandoned the cause of his son-in-law the rebel who was, however, supported by Khān Khānān just as he had once sided with Jahāngīr in the rebellion against Akbar, and by many of those who had held office in the Deccan and in Gujarāt.