[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v4.c69.s2.3 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c69.s2.3 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c69.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c69.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v4.c69.s2.3) Prince Azam had been sent with 40,000 veteran cavalry against Shambhuji on 25th January, 1688. He marched into the south-western corner of the Bijapur kingdom, captured the strong fort of Belgaum after a siege, and then returned to Court (at Bijapur) to encamp for the rainy season. (M.A. 308 and 315; Ishwardas, 127 b-130 b, gives a long account of the siege, wrongly calling the fort Banglur.) In other directions, too, "innumerable forts were captured by the imperialists" (M.A. 311.) - [Previous: v4.c69.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v4.c69.s2.2) - [Next: v4.c69.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v4.c69.s2.4) - [Up: v4.c69.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v4.c69.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v4.c69.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v4.c69.s2.3) · Pramāṇa