History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c26.68

v2.c26.68

The details of the situation and the full extent of his success became known to Aurangzib next morning (15th March). He mourned the death of Shaikh Mir, greatly rewarded that faithful servant's clansmen, especially Syed Hashim, and ordered him to be buried with full honours in the hallowed enclosure of Saint Muinuddin Chishti's tomb. Here, too, was buried Shah Nawaz Khan, who had fought against him and, if we can believe Khafi Khan, had courted death to escape the shame of looking his hostile and victorious son-in-law in the face. In the consecrated soil of the *Dargah* of Ajmir, the two chief victims of the rival hosts are united in death. Aurangzib himself visited the holy shrine the day after the victory, did homage to the saint's mortal remains, and presented Rs. 5,000 to the attendants as a thanks-offering for the victory. A strong force under Jai Singh and Bahadur Khan was detached in pursuit of Dara.∗