History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c30.24

v2.c30.24

‡ The heavy loss of men, however, did one harm to Mir Jumla. He could not with decency leave the dead uncared for, and so he had to spend the whole of that day in "dredging the river for the corpses of the drowned men" to give them burial. Otherwise, he could have made a dash for Tanda immediately after fording, and captured Shuja's capital in the afternoon of 5th April, while Shuja was still at Mirdadpur, ignorant of Mir Jumla's crossing. Then Shuja would have been caught instead of gaining a day (6th April), for the escape to Dacca. Thus the loss of a single day at this critical time altered the history of the Prince and saved Aurangzib from another act of fratricide.