The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.201

v4.c19.201

The siege of Bījāpur was prosecuted with vigour, but Aurangzīb was once more disappointed, when success appeared to be within his grasp, by the receipt of an order recalling Mīr Jumla and all the officers, with their contingents, who had been appointed to the expeditionary force. He then determined to march to Āgra to secure his own pretensions as successor to Shāh Jahān, whose health was failing. Mīr Jumla, whose family was at Āgra and in Dārā Shukoh’s power, could not join Aurangzīb in an act of open rebellion, but cheerfully submitted to imprisonment in Daulatābād in order to save appearances.