History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c48.s4.2

v3.c48.s4.2

From this place he was drawn into the whirlwind which Aurangzib had raised by his policy of religious persecution. A soldier and priest could not remain indifferent while his creed was being wantonly attacked and its holy places desecrated.* He encouraged the resistance of the Hindus of Kashmir to forcible conversion to Islam and openly defied the Emperor. Taken to Delhi, he was cast into prison and called upon to embrace Islam, and on his refusal was tortured for five days and then beheaded on a warrant from the Emperor. According to another account, the long-continued torture induced him to command a Sikh, who was with him, to cut off his head. (Hughes, 593.)