History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.62
History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.62
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∗ Kambu, 10b. Aqil Khan 20. Alamgirnamah, 83 and 84. † Aqil Khan, 20. Adab, 67b, 95a (Aurangzib writes, "That I imprisoned you was not due to any disloyalty on your part. Only you showed remissness in exertion and insisted on going back, &c.") Khafi Khan writes "Aurangzib imprisoned Mir Jumla at Daulatabad as a stroke of policy to prevent his ill repute." (ii. 9). The official history, Alamgirnamah also admits that Mir Jumla was arrested "for political reasons" (84).