History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c29.41

v2.c29.41

∗ The official history accuses Shuja of having induced Alawardi to come out of his house by a false promise of safety, and then treacherously executed him. (Alamgirnamah, 500). But the Tarikh-i-Shujai does not support the charge. It says, "Mirza Sarajuddin Muhammad, a confidential servant of the Prince, offered to bring Alawardi, went to the latter, and told him all the case (haqiqat-i-hal). The latter had no help but to come with one or two mansabdars engaged in the same plot." (f. 115a). I have accepted his account as more likely to be true under the circumstances. Alawardi had no chance of escape if he resisted arrest.