History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c61.s3.28

v4.c61.s3.28

∗ "The unexpected failure before the fort of Bijapur gave rise to dissensions in the Mughal camp. The party hostile to Jai Singh, which was led by Dilir Khan, ascribed his ill success to the lukewarmness or treachery of Shivaji, and demanded that he should be imprisoned as a punishment. Jai Singh saw the danger in which Shivaji stood among the defeated and sullen Mughal soldiery. To send him out of the reach of his enemies he gladly accepted the proposal that the Marathas contingent should make a diversion in the western provinces of Bijapur. Dilir's design to murder Shivaji is attested by Manucci (ii 137) and the English Factory Records (My Shivaji and His Times, 3rd ed., p 130)