History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c59.s9.17

v4.c59.s9.17

Meanwhile Afzal Khan had started from his camp at Par, a village one mile below Partapgarh, with a strong escort of more than a thousand musketeers. Pantaji objected to it, saying that such a display of force would scare away Shivaji from the interview, and that the Khan should, therefore, take with himself only two body-guards exactly as Shivaji had done. So, he left his troops some distance behind and made his way up the hill-path in a palki accompanied by two soldiers and a famous swordsman named Sayyid Banda, as well as the two Brahman envoys, Pantaji and Krishnaji.