Later Mughals v1.c6.s10.20

v1.c6.s10.20

Many officers of position who were friendly to Ahsan Khan, and some of his other advisers had heard that his imprisonment and execution were under discussion. They advised him to mount his women on swift horses and make off for the camp of Bahadur Shah, which could be reached in two or three days. They offered to bring 3000 or 4000 horsemen to escort him. If he did not escape, they said, his life would be taken with indignity. Ahsan Khan was so popular in the army that if he had made known publicly his intention to desert Kam Bakhsh, the whole force, leaders and all, would have accompanied him.