History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c7.98

v1.c7.98

Aurangzib, too, followed an active and firm policy towards the robber tribes and rebels of Guzerat. In order to check them effectually he engaged soldiers in excess of the men whom he was bound by his present rank as a *mansabdar* to keep. The Emperor, pleased to hear of this ardent spirit of duty, gave him a promotion, raising his salary to sixty lakhs of rupees a year (8th June, 1646).‡ He thus established in his father’s eyes a reputation for capacity and courage, and it was not long before he was called away to a far-off scene where there was supreme need of these qualities.