[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) › v2.c23.47 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.47 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.47 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.47) On the return of Fazil Khan (5th June), the Emperor learnt that Aurangzib was bitterly estranged from him and that he could not hope to meet and induce him to make a friendly settlement with his brothers. The old monarch therefore prepared to stand a siege, and shut the gates of the Fort, lest some traitor should murder or imprison him in the hope of gaining Aurangzib's favour.\* The defence of the walls was entrusted to some officers whom he believed to be devoted to him, and there was a garrison of 1,500 foreign slaves,—Qalmaqs, Abyssinians, and Turks, who usually proved faithful to their salt. - [Previous: v2.c23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.46) - [Next: v2.c23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.48) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.47) · Pramāṇa