History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c27.79

v2.c27.79

∗ For the murder and burial of Dara, Masum, 143b-145b (most graphic account, followed by me); Bernier, 102; Tavernier, i. 354; Storia, i. 358; Kambu, 24a; A. N. 432-433; Khafi Khan, ii. 87 (all very brief.) The popular story of the insult done to his severed head by Aurangzib, rests solely on the doubtful authority of Bernier and Manucci. Masum says,—"When the head was carried to Aurangzib he said, 'As I did not look at this infidel's face in his lifetime, I do not wish to do it now.'" (145b).