[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.c19.28 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.28 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.28 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.28) On 18th October he learnt from a letter of his agent at Delhi that Shah Jahan had become helpless; on the 21st came another letter, saying that the Emperor's illness was decreasing. A third letter, received on the 22nd, brought news of an opposite tenour: Dara had become supreme at Court and was daily strengthening his position. A secret message from the Collector of Agra, evidently professing devotion, reached Aurangzib at this time. It only confirmed his worst suspicions: the very fact of such a letter being written meant that a demise of royalty had taken place or was very imminent; "one of these two alternatives must have happened,—Shah Jahan is either dead or a helpless invalid."\[†\] - [Previous: v1.c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.27) - [Next: v1.c19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.29) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.28) · Pramāṇa