History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c67.3

v4.c67.3

As for the date of the murder, it was early in March, 1686, (M.A. 272.) B.S. 534 states that on 16th Nov. 1685, news reached the king of Bijapur that Abul Hasan had thrown Madanna into prison. This was unlikely to have been a fact, and looks rather like a distorted account of what Abul Hasan had merely promised to do. Khafi Khan distinctly says that Abul Hasan put off arresting the two brothers till his army lost patience and rose against them.