History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c26.7

v2.c26.7

On his arrival before Ahmadabad with 3,000 men, Fortune smiled on him unexpectedly. Shah Nawaz Khan, the newly arrived Governor of the province, cherished resentment against Aurangzib for having imprisoned him at Burhanpur on his refusal to join that Prince in the rebellion against Shah Jahan. True, Aurangzib had married the Khan’s daughter, but that lady was dead, and Shah Nawaz Khan felt no natural attachment to his persecuting son-in-law. Besides, he had taken charge of Guzerat so recently that officers and troops serving in that province had not been yet brought under his control. His military force was small and too divided by mutual jealousy to offer an effective opposition to the invader.