History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s15.10

v4.c64.s15.10

The time was well-chosen. Shambhu was in the thick of his war with the Portuguese and had concentrated all his resources against Goa (Nov.) to strike a decisive blow. Aurangzib had already made an alliance with the Portuguese, promising them the lands that they might wrest from the Marathas, while on their part they agreed to give him naval aid and allow his provision-boats to pass up their rivers to feed the Mughal army of invasion, though they could be never wholly free from the fear that he would treacherously try to seize Goa. (Storia, ii. 260—278.)