History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c65.s5.4

v4.c65.s5.4

Arrived at Sholapur, Aurangzib had sent a small force under Bahramand Khan to watch the Golkonda side, (24th May, 1685.) He soon intercepted a letter from Qutb Shah to his agents at the Mughal Court, promising to send 10,000 men to the help of Sikandar and urging Shambhu to do the same. This new situation had to be met at once, and, therefore, on 28th June Shah Alam was sent with a large army to invade Haidarabad, though the Emperor knew that “this dispersion of forces was sure to cause delay and obstruction to the enterprise against Bijapur.” Khan-i-Jahan who was holding the outpost of Indi, 30 miles n. e. of Bijapur, to guard the route of supplies for the investing army of Azam, was ordered to join Shah Alam. (M.A. 259-261.)