History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c26.13

v2.c26.13

These hopes were soon dashed to the ground; for, in the meanwhile Aurangzib had succeeded in securing Jaswant. After the battle of Khajwah, the Emperor, justly angry with Jaswant for his treachery on that day, wanted to make an example of him. He despatched an army of 10,000 men and guns under Muhammad Amin Khan to invade Marwar, expel Jaswant, and place on the throne Rai Singh Rathor. For a time Jaswant meditated resistance, gathered troops, and offered an alliance to Dara. But he soon realised his own impotence. "As Agra and Delhi had fallen in a twinkle into Aurangzib's hands, how long could the fort of Jodhpur hold out against his power?" After waiting with all his troops for some days in uncertainty at Mandur, his old capital, and then learning that the army of his chastiser and his rival had reached Lálnuth, ravaging the country, he lost heart and fled to the hill-fort of Siwanah. Meantime, Aurangzib had realised the wisdom of not driving Jaswant into his enemy's arms.