A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.20

v1.c19.20

Meanwhile the two eldest sons of Aurungzebe, Sultan Mauzum and Azim Shah, had fought a bloody battle near Agra, in which Sultan Mauzum was victorious. The army from the Deccan, commanded by Azim Shah, engaged under great disadvantages, owing to the pertinacity of that headstrong prince, who at least accelerated discomfiture by his want of preparation and by his neglect of arrangement among his troops. He paid the forfeit of his obstinacy with his life. There fell with him his two sons, together with Turbeeut Khan, Dulput Rao Boondelay, Ram Sing Harra,⁵ the gallant Khan Alum, and a great proportion of the officers experienced or distinguished in Mahratta warfare.