History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c40.s7.1

v3.c40.s7.1

That deliverance, so wistfully desired but so calmly waited for, came in January 1666. On the 7th of that month, as the effect of rubbing him with a medicated oil, Shah Jahan was seized with a fever. Soon strangury and griping of the stomach supervened. After nine days the obstruction was removed by a surgeon named Brindaban, and the patient felt much relief. But his weakness went on increasing; he had completed 74 years of age and had gone through much hardship in campaigns and rapid marches before his accession to the throne. The intense cold of midwinter lowered his vitality. "His strength was gone; his lips and tongue were parched from drinking cold *sharbat* to allay thirst. Weakness overpowered his limbs; medicine and diet produced no effect."