[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v2.c28.26 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c28.26 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c28.26 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.26) At the end of a year, Aurangzib now triumphant over all his rivals, was free to turn to Sulaiman Shukoh. On 27th July 1659 he sent Rajah Rajrup of the Jammu hills with a party of Imperial troops to influence Prithwi Singh, either by persuasion or by threat, to surrender his guest. For a year and a half the hill-Rajah struggled against temptation and fear in the sacred cause of hospitality. Reinforcements in pioneers artillery and musketeers were sent to Rajrup in October 1660.\[\*\] But a campaign among the rugged hills of Garhwal was a slow and doubtful expedient. Aurangzib therefore fell back on diplomacy. He intrigued with Prithwi Singh's all-powerful minister and virtual ruler of Garhwal, and promised him his master's throne if he brought about the capture of Sulaiman. This man, corrupted by ambition, administered to the Prince a poison in the form of medicine. Sulaiman experimented with it on a cat and learnt of its deadly property. When he disclosed the plot to Prithwi Singh, the Rajah in righteous indignation cut the wretched minister to pieces.\[†\] - [Previous: v2.c28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.25) - [Next: v2.c28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.27) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.26) · Pramāṇa