[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v1.c19.23 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.23 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.23 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.23) Shah Jahan had ordered Aurangzib to stay at Bidar; but the prince now got a plausible excuse for marching to Aurangabad, viz., to console his children newly bereaved of their mother. For some weeks after leaving Bidar he did not write any letter to the Emperor, nor give any reason for his return to Aurangabad.\[\*\] But he corresponded frequently with Shuja and Murad, especially the latter, who was nearest to him, and thus built up an alliance against Dara. Murad's first letter, sent with a confidential servant named Muhammad Raza on 19th October, had crossed Aurangzib's letter to him (written about the 15th). And now, assured of his support, Aurangzib sent him the key to a cypher in which their future correspondence was to be conducted, as "prudence is needful, and writing in the ordinary alphabet is not proper."\[†\] - [Previous: v1.c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.22) - [Next: v1.c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.24) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.23) · Pramāṇa