History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c78.s6.12

v5.c78.s6.12

given by Khafi Khan (ii. 520) ;—Dhana Jadav proposed terms of peace on behalf of all the authoritative Maratha generals, viz. that the Emperor should issue *farmans* reassuring all the chief officers of Tara Bai and calling them. On their arrival, Kam Bakhsh with Rajah Shahu should meet them ten miles in advance of the imperial camp ; the Maratha chiefs would first wait on Shahu and would then be presented to the Emperor by the prince. The Emperor ordered 80 such *farmans* to be written, but in the end he distrusted the tricky Marathas and declined the proposal. Sultan Husain (Kam Bakhsh's officer and intermediary in these negotiations) had to fight his way back through the Marathas to the imperial camp.