History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c65.s5.2

v4.c65.s5.2

In the meantime the Mughal cause had been further weakened by an open rupture with Golkonda, which Aurangzib with all his efforts could not avert. Before beginning the siege of Bijapur, he had warned Qutb Shah not to help Sikandar in any way, if he cared for his own throne. (B.S. 533.) As early as July 1684, Sikandar had appealed to Abul Hasan for a defensive alliance, and four months later his envoy had returned from Golkonda after winning over the prime minister Madanna Pandit to the wise policy of making all the Deccani Powers stand side by side against the spoiler from the North. Qutb Shah’s chivalry was also touched by the distress of a brother king who was a mere lad of sixteen.