History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c40.s4.4

v3.c40.s4.4

Again, Aurangzib demanded that Dara's women singers should be sent to him "as there is no skilled songstress with me whose music may soothe my heart, and as you have no liking for songs in these days." Shah Jahan flew into a rage at the proposal, but Aurangzib replied, "If your objection is due to their being Dara's concubines, well, other persons of the same class have been taken into my house. What harm is there if his servants live with me?" (Adab, 263b.)