History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c18.22

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When the news of Shah Jahan’s illness was followed by no tidings of his recovery, but letters from Delhi came fitfully and then stopped altogether, Murad’s suspicions deepened into certainty. He concluded that Shah Jahan was already dead, and so got ready to contest the throne. It was necessary to look around for allies, and none was nearer to him than Aurangzib, his immediately elder brother, governing a neighbouring province and united to him by a common hatred of Dara. On 23rd December, 1652, he had met Aurangzib,† then journeying to the Deccan across his province of Malwa,