History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c51.s5.1

v3.c51.s5.1

But during the night Aurangzib's diplomacy, as so often before, triumphed over the heaviest odds and secured the completest victory without resort to arms. The near approach of the rebels to his camp had made the escape of the waverers and enforced adherents in the prince's ranks easy and safe. There had been large defections during the last few days; and now Aurangzib's letters completed the work. Tahawwur Khan, the right-hand man of Akbar, had married a daughter of Inayet Khan, a high officer then in the imperial camp. Aurangzib made Inayet write to Tahawwur Khan urging him to come to the Emperor, with a promise of pardon for the past, and a threat that if he declined "his women would be publicly outraged and his sons sold into slavery at the price of dogs."