[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.c28.9 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c28.9 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c28.9 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.9) While Shaista Khan was advancing to the right bank of the Ganges near the hills, a very enterprising officer, Fidai Khan, fired by the new honours and favours received from the Emperor, outstripped him, reached the ferry of Puth, south-east of Hapur, in the expectation that Sulaiman would naturally cross the Ganges there in his westward movement from Lucknow. Here he learnt from a letter of the - [Previous: v2.c28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.8) - [Next: v2.c28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.10) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c28.9) · Pramāṇa