History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c11.46

v1.c11.46

These failures left a lasting sting in the mind of Aurangzib. Half a century later, when he was a dying man, he heard that his son Shah Alam, then Governor of Kabul, was enlisting troops evidently to dispute the succession on the Emperor’s expected death. Aurangzib tauntingly wrote to him, “I hear that inspite of your lack of money you are engaging highly paid soldiers. Evidently you want to recover Qandahar. God assist you!"* Herein he recognised that the conquest of Qandahar was an impossible feat.