[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.c19.94 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.94 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.94 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.94) Burhanpur was reached on 18th February, and here the organisation of the army and the preparations for the march were completed. A month’s halt was made in this town. Aurangzib had written a letter to Shah Jahan inquiring about his health and hoping that the Emperor would soon completely recover, look after the administration himself, and put an end to Dara’s usurpation of the supreme authority. But day by day only alarming news of the Court reached him. His agent Isa Beg, too, arrived from Agra and fully unfolded the state of affairs there, saying how after his illness Shah Jahan doted on Dara to an extreme and that Prince had made himself Emperor in all but the name. Isa Beg was the bearer of secret messages from many nobles, professing devotion to Aurangzib and asking him to push on to the capital, without fearing the largeness of the Imperial army, as it was at heart hostile to Dara. - [Previous: v1.c19.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.93) - [Next: v1.c19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.95) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.94) · Pramāṇa