History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c44.s12.6

v3.c44.s12.6

The Emperor triumphed in Afghanistan by following the policy of paying subsidies and setting clan against clan,—or, to use his own metaphor, "breaking two bones by knocking them together." (K. T., 47a, 74a.) The imperial dominions were no longer invaded from beyond the border. The Khaibar route was kept open by paying regular pensions to the hillmen. And though some tribe or other continued refractory, the Emperor had no anxiety about that region during Amir Khan's viceroyalty.*