History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c25.s1.11
History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c25.s1.11
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v2.c25.s1.11
‡ This number is given by the Ahkam. Masum says "5 or 6 thousand." I have taken the larger number because Jaswant as commander of the Right Wing could not have had less than 10,000 men; in the reduced Mughal army of the next day that wing had 10,000 men, with a reserve of 3,000 more. Secondly, the Alamgirnamah admits that at dawn Aurangzib found that "nearly one half of yesterday's force had been scattered by the tumult" (256.)