History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c61.s6.2

v4.c61.s6.2

At first Aurangzib had objected to such lavish expenditure on mere speculation and doubted whether the enterprise would not end in utter loss like the Balkh and Qandahar adventures of his father's reign. Jai Singh replied that Bijapur was not like those desert lands; after its conquest all the cost of the war would be recovered from the soil. Haji Shafi Khan, the diwan of the Deccan, used to object and delay in granting jagirs to the Bijapuri deserters; but Jai Singh complained to the Emperor against this obstructionist subordinate and had him removed from the province. (H.A. 91 a and Dil. 62.)