History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c22.67

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∗ That Dara dismounted from his elephant at a time of extreme danger, when he had lost all hope of victory, is asserted by A. N. (104), Aqil Khan (48), Masum (63b), and Kambu (15a, bottom.) These contemporary and first-rate authorities refute the bazar gossip reproduced by Manucci and Bernier that Dara changed his elephant for a horse at the treacherous advice of Khalilullah Khan at a time when he had almost completely defeated Aurangzib, and that this act on the part of Dara turned his assured victory into a rout. (Storia, i. 281-282, Bernier, 53-54, also Isar-das, 24b-25a.)