History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c44.s10.3

v3.c44.s10.3

The Emperor's plan was that Prince Akbar should advance eastwards from Jalalabad, sending his Van under Jaswant Singh by way of the Khaibar and a division under Hasan Beg Khan by way of the Karapa defile,—while a detachment from Peshawar under Aghar Khan would march westwards, so that the Khaibar tribes would be enveloped and crushed by this simultaneous attack, and no grain from outside would reach the Afghan rebels.* We have already seen what Aghar Khan did. But evidently Prince Akbar could not carry out his part of the plan of campaign. He passed a short time at Kabul, settling the affairs of the province, and then returned to Hasan Abdal, leaving Fidai Khan in command.