History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s9.27

v4.c64.s9.27

The severity of the struggle by which Ruhullah had to extricate himself from that broken wooded region and make his way over the Ghats back to the Deccan plateau, is thus vividly described in a news-letter from the imperial Court: "After Ruhullah had descended into Konkan on the seacoast, he sighted the enemy and fired on them with rockets, one of which wounded and unhorsed the son of the enemy general, and the Marathas fled away leaving the son captive. Ruhullah had him nursed and cured, but the youth would not divulge his father’s name. The Khan declined an offer of two lakhs of Rupees made by the Marathas for his ransom.