History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c40.s2.1

v3.c40.s2.1

Shuja's historian, Muhammad Masum, who lived in Bengal and heard only the most distorted versions of Court incidents, records what was probably no better than bazar gossip. According to him, Shah Jahan wrote a letter to Murad urging him to assassinate Aurangzib and Muhammad Sultan at a banquet, release his father and reign in his name; the careless Murad thrust the letter into a book and forgot all about it; but his librarian discovered it and sold the secret to Aurangzib, who promptly removed the danger by imprisoning his younger brother.