Later Mughals v1.c6.s9.9

v1.c6.s9.9

On the 24th March 1708, after sixteen marches* Bahadur Shah arrived at Ajmer on his return from Mairtha. He visited the city mosque and said his prayers there; and he also recited a short prayer (*fatiha*) at the shrine of Muin-ud-din Chishti. On the 2nd April the march was resumed in the direction of Chitor and Ujjain. On the 12th April the camp was not far from Husainipur. On the 14th Sultan Begi and others, six men in all, brought in a communication from Rana Amar Singh, with an offering of twenty-seven gold coins. The next day the Wazir reported that the Rana had again made off into the hills, in terror at His Majesty's near approach, nor would he agree to come in and do homage. The Emperor ruled that the matter of Kam Bakhsh was now more urgent. When, by God's aid, that business had been settled, he would undertake the punishment of that unbeliever, *i.e.*, the Rana. [*Bahadur-Shah-nama*, 89-94; *Dil.* 172*a*; Kamwar.]