History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.91

v2.c23.91

After midnight the prisoner was placed in a Captive Murad sent to Salimgarh prison. covered litter, such as is usually used by ladies, mounted on an elephant, and sent away under a large escort of cavalry, in charge of Shaikh Mir and Dilir Khan, two of the trustiest generals of Aurangzib. By rapid marches they soon reached the fort of Salimgarh at Delhi and deposited Murad in the State-prison of that stronghold. To throw his friends off the scent, three other elephants, with similar covered hawdas and escort of cavalry, were sent out east, south, and west!