History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c37.s8.10

v3.c37.s8.10

No successor to him was appointed for several years, and during this interval, as at the beginning of his reign, Aurangzib acted as his own Prime Minister. He had his eyes on an officer of whose ability he had the highest opinion and whose company he loved, but who was too young for the premiership according to the received notions of the age. The elevation of such a man would have caused great discontent among the old and first-grade peers who represented the age of Shah Jahan.