History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c60.s8.4

v4.c60.s8.4

In January he had sent his Brahman emissaries to various Deccani chieftains, to stir them up against Shivaji. Every one who bore a grudge to Shivaji or envied the sudden rise of the Bhonslés, had been approached by the Mughal general's spies. Baji Chandra Rao and his cousin Ambaji Govind Rao Moré,—the family from which Shivaji had wrested Javli,—reached his camp, along with Mankoji Dhangar, and were enlisted in the Mughal army (4th week of March). Similarly, Afzal Khan's son, Fazl Khan, solicited from Jai Singh a command and an opportunity of avenging his slaughtered father on Shivaji. The adhesion of the petty Rajahs of the Koli country north of Kalian was secured through Niccolao Manucci, then chief of Jai Singh's European artillery.