History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s2.36

v3.c38.s2.36

Cambell mention it. But Bernier who was at Delhi at the time and frequently talked with the imperial secretary Danishmand Khan, says (p. 103) that the Emperor turned his face away from "the shocking sight." Shuja's historian Masum (145b) says that Aurangzib refused to look at the head as that of an infidel. On 5th September, 1669, learning that Dara's tomb was out of repair and had no cloth covering, he ordered some attendants to be constantly kept there and a sheet to be placed over the tomb. The Court news-letters mention his visits to the Taj Mahal, when he made his salam to his parents' graves and gave away alms.*