History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s15.8

v4.c64.s15.8

The Mughal offensive was opened at the end of the rainy season, about the middle of September. A few days after 15th September, Shah Alam marched out of Aurangabad with a grand army* to penetrate into Savant-vadi and South Konkan by the Ramghat pass, while Shihab-ud-din was sent to Puna (Oct.), from which he made a raid on Nizampur in the Kolaba district across the Ghats (27 Dec.) Prince Azam, who had been sent against Bijapuri territory (on 20th August), returned to Court in October and was transferred to Nasik (Nov.), to guard the northward road to Baglana and Khandesh, the Siddi cruised off Vingurla watching Akbar's movements (Oct.), the Emperor himself marched further south to Ahmadnagar (Nov.) and another army corps (under Khan-i-Jahan) was advanced from Bidar to Akalkot to watch the Golkonda and Bijapur frontiers and prevent those Powers from making any diversion in aid of the Marathas. [M.A. 236, 239.]