History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c36.s4.20

v3.c36.s4.20

The Rathor State of Idar, on the Rajput border of Gujrat, remained in perpetual turmoil during the reign. Taking advantage of internal discord, Prince Murad Bakhsh had occupied the chief town and stationed a Musalman faujdar there. But during the War of Succession, Punja, the son of the late Rao, had recovered Idar and he held it till his death. Then Mughal rule was restored for some time, though members of the dispossessed family continued to harass the imperialists and raid the villages of the province of Gujrat. In January 1670, one of these Rathor princes* surprised the Mughal outpost of Idar, slew 200 men and carried off much booty. Gopinath Rao expelled Sayyid Kamal, the Mughal faujdar, about 1675, and recovered Idar, where he reigned for 5 years. But the imperialists drove him out to a miserable death in 1680 and held Idar thereafter.