History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c61.s3.27

v4.c61.s3.27

About the 20th came the evil news that Netaji, Shivaji's chief officer, who was dissatisfied with his master probably at the inadequate recognition of his valuable services and gallant feats of arms, had deserted to Bijapur for a bribe of four lakhs of hun and led raiding parties into Mughal territory. Jai Singh could not afford to lose such a man, and so he lured him back (20th March) with many persuasive letters and the acceptance of all his high demands, viz., the rank of a 5-hazari, jagir in the settled and lucrative old territory of the empire (as distinct from the unsettled, ill-conquered and ever-ravaged new annexations in the Deccan), and Rs. 38,000 in cash. (H.A. 94 a.) For this offence the Maratha general had soon to make a severe atonement; he was suddenly arrested at Dharur (October 1666), sent to Delhi in chains, and there forced to embrace Islam as the only means of saving his life (February 1667.) [A.N. 987, 1009, 1021, 1033.]