The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.6

v4.c20.6

But nothing decisive was achieved by the Mughuls in 1682, and all their detachments were recalled to the emperor’s side in April, 1683. His distrust of his sons and generals led him to follow a barren policy of waiting and vacillation. “The king’s mind...is continually wavering and he is extraordinarily peevish and uneasy because of Sultān Akbar. Sultān A‘zam, (his) Begam, and Dilīr Khān degraded for even nothing but only suspected, without any grounds, of being kind to Akbar” (Surat Factory letter).