[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.c23.70 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.70 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.70 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.70) ∗ Aqil Khan, 61-62. Masum (79b—82a) says that Shah Jahan wrote a secret letter to Murad to murder Aurangzíb! We read of Nahir-dil chela or slave having been appointed Kotwal of Agra in 1656. (Waris, 106 b.) Manucci (Storia, i. 296) and Bernier (65) declare this letter to Dara as a forgery of Aurangzíb's. For Aurangzíb's refusal to visit Shah Jahan, see also A.N. 122-123; Khafi Khan, ii. 34-36. - [Previous: v2.c23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.69) - [Next: v2.c23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.71) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23) ## Cites (1) - [Agra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.agra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.70) · Pramāṇa