A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.91

v1.c11.91

The siege was pressed with great vigour, and the king sued for peace in the most humble manner, offering to pay down one crore of rupees and to make any sacrifice demanded; but Aurungzebe was aiming at nothing short of the complete reduction of the place, when an event occurred which suddenly obliged him to change his resolution. This circumstance was the supposed mortal illness of the Emperor, news of which, at this important moment, reached Aurungzebe, having been privately dispatched by his sister Roshunara Begum.³