History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c76.s6.4

v5.c76.s6.4

On 13th February 1704, an order was issued to him to raise a thousand infantry for service with the Emperor, for whose equipment and bounty Rs. 8,000 were paid to him. Probably the faithful servant could not carry out this last command of his master, as death overtook him at the end of the month; (the report of the event reached the Emperor at Torna on 9th March.)