History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c24.51

v2.c24.51

Daud Khan deserts Dara. Disgusted with the treatment he had been receiving, he had asked Dara bluntly for the cause of his being suspected, and had protested his loyalty. This speech Dara took to be the outcome of hypocrisy, and dismissed Daud Khan from his service, saying, “My circumstances are so bad that even those whom I have brought up are now ungratefully leaving me. On you I have conferred no such benefit that I can ask you to be a fugitive from your home and a wanderer in misery for my sake. It is proper that you should leave me at this point and go wherever your heart desires...Don’t insist on accompanying me beyond it.”