History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c25.s1.42

v2.c25.s1.42

Already the craven-hearted had begun to buy safety with desertion to the victor's side. While Aurangzib was advancing from his own Right, first Murad Kam Safawi (surnamed Mukarram Khan), then Abdur Rahman Khan (son of Nazar Muhammad Khan, the ex-king of Balkh), improbable. Indeed, the battle had been already lost and Shuja was in imminent risk of being captured, when he took horse.