History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c73.s4.5

v5.c73.s4.5

After sixteen days, Rustam Khan ransomed himself by promising to pay one lakh of rupees, and leaving his mother and eldest son as security for the money. Two of his wives and two other sons had escaped during the plunder of his camp by putting on tattered old cloaks, veiling their faces, and giving themselves out to be the Khan's menial servants. A few followers guided them to a nook among the hills where they lay hidden for the day and afterwards made their way to the imperial thana of Karargaon,* walking in the guise of beggars. [Ishwardas 141a—143a, Z.S., M.A. 336.]