History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c22.11

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∗ "Shah Jahan constantly advised Dara not to engage in war, and always recommended peace ;...but he had grown too weak and so yielded to Dara" (A.N. 84-85, cf. Kambu, 10 a.) Again, "Shah Jahan wrote to Dara [before Samugarh] urging him to make peace and give up the design of fighting, but in vain. At last the Emperor determined to extinguish the war by going in person to the camp, and make peace by his own exertions and speeches. So he ordered his advance-tents to be pitched between the two armies." (A.N. 86-87.) Khafi Khan, ii. 21, Masum, 56b, and Aqil Khan, 33-34, support the statement. Storia, i. 264-267. For the treachery of the Mughals (explained by Aqil Khan as "both Turanis and Iranis"), in the Imperial army, see Aqil Khan, 34 and Storia, i. 267, 263.